Category: Food & Health
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Opportunity alert: Canada’s natural, organic, and wellness sectors.
Trends seen in Canada’s natural, organic and wellness industries – spawned or accelerated by the pandemic – can offer new or increased opportunities for foreign food exporters. The pandemic laid bare the importance of increasing Canadians’ capacity to care for themselves. Eating healthier, focusing on mental health, and preventing illness became top consumer priorities. Subsequently,…
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An update for food manufacturers in Canada.
Food manufacturers in Canada: we hope you all have your SFCR license because as of November 1, 2022, food manufacturers in this country are required to abide by all provisions of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. The SFCR was designed to strengthen Canada’s existing food regulations, and includes requirements for the selling and safe…
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Canada’s milk market is getting crowded.
Dairy is big business in Canada. Euromonitor International puts its 2022 value at $3.2 billion (including flavoured milk drinks and powdered milk); by contrast, milks from soy, oat, almond, cashew, and other nuts and plants are only valued at $510.2 million. But according to Canadian Grocer, that is set to change. Plant-based milk increased more…
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A look at vertical farming in Canada.
Vertical farming is an emerging, innovative, and developing industry – with a lot of global growth. Vertical farming is a method of growing crops indoors in vertically stacked layers, set in buildings such as factories, skyscrapers, old mines, and even repurposed shipping containers. Products typically grown and produced include leafy greens, micro greens, and herbs.…
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Opportunity alert: Medical imaging.
The Conference Board of Canada’s Medical Imaging Equipment in Canada 2022: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities states that as the demand for medical imaging (MI) services is growing, aging MI equipment is an ongoing concern in Canada. And this aging equipment has a negative impact: Approximately 380,000 people are forced to exit the Canadian workforce temporarily…