Purely Canada Foods Announces its Phase 1 Development Value-Added Storage & Processing

Regina, Saskatchewan – TheNewswire – October 21, 2020 – Purely Canada FoodsTM (“Purely Canada“) announces Phase 1 Development: Value-Added Storage and Processing at their Port Lajord facility southeast of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Purely Canada Whole Foods Dryer

Purely Canada’s Phase 1 Value-Added Storage and Processing includes preliminary aerating, drying, cleaning, blending and containerization of whole foods destined for further ingredient processing.

Aeration Systems Installed to move fresh air through 30 Whole Food Storage Silos

Purely Canada has completed the installation of the aerating and drying equipment required and has completed the construction of a new dedicated facility to house the cleaning and blending of the Identity Preserved grains that are prepared and sold to Purely Canada’s global customers.

Tyler West, CEO of Purely Canada comments “With the completion of the aeration system and the whole food dryer, Purely Canada, now has the capability of ensuring that all of their products are allowed to breath through controlled aeration and kept at the exact moisture levels that prevent any deterioration of their product as it awaits the next step to ingredient processing. Purely Canada’s whole foods are the highest quality in the industry and are now stored to the highest quality standards.”

Purely Canada is a vertically integrated company supplying whole foods and ingredients, from the vast and pristine lands of Western Canada to the tables of the world. Purely Canada is a recognized wholesale plant-based protein ingredient provider in Canada, with a vertically integrated agri-foods business, including Canada’s largest certified organic facility, Canada’s fifth largest inland grain terminal, railway infrastructure private railcar fleet, and strategic farm acres, ensuring a best-in-class plant protein supply chain.

Purely Canada purchases, processes, transports, and merchandizes Identity Preserved Ingredients from Saskatchewan and Alberta to global customers in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.

At Purely Canada we understand that Nothing is Above Nature. Our five generations of farmers that have farmed the same lands, have taught us that our relationship with nature defines how we live and what we eat. All our food starts with a seed. Our food is whole by nature’s design. We know every step of its journey from our fields to people’s plates. We know the impact on the environment; we know who has touched it, we know its whole story. And we tell it proudly.


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On October 8, 2020, Purely Canada announced its merger with Above Food Inc. (“Above Food“). Above Food is a plant protein food business that develops and distributes delicious, and densely nutritious plant-based alternatives to meat (Above Meat) and dairy (Above Dairy) through their proprietary Whole-Plant Protein Formulations. The first brand for this combined entity is a range of meat substitutes, Above Meat which will be quickly followed by Above Dairy, a product range that promises to redefine what good tastes like, in the alternative dairy space. Purely Canada is completing its due diligence and expects finalization of this transaction by the end of October.

Purely Canada and Above Food commits that its products will tell the whole story, from field to plate, ensuring that customers can trust that every bite is natural, good-for-them, and sustainably produced.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tyler West
Chief Executive Officer
Purely Canada Foods Corp.
[email protected]

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ABOUT PURELY CANADA FOODS(TM)

Purely Canada is a vertically integrated company supplying whole foods and ingredients, from the vast and pristine lands of Western Canada to the tables of the world. Purely Canada is a recognized wholesale plant-based protein ingredient provider in Canada, with a vertically integrated agri-foods business, including Canada’s largest certified organic facility, Canada’s fifth largest inland grain terminal, railway infrastructure private railcar fleet, and strategic farm acres, ensuring a best-in-class plant protein supply chain. https://purelycanada.ca/

ABOUT ABOVE FOOD INC.

Above Food Inc. was established in 2019 to develop premium whole plant-based meat and dairy alternatives with the intent to create delicious, densely nutritious consumer products and branded ingredients. As an asset-lite business Above Foods will bring its products to market through strategic relationships with leading co-packers, distributors, and DTC e-commerce platforms. – https://abovefood.ca/

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