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Vancouver-based Burcon NutraScience will see its first product in commercial production this summer after 13 years of research and development of plant-based proteins. U.S. food-processing giant Archer Daniels Midland is tooling a factory in Illinois to produce Burcon’s Clarisoy 100 — a flavourless, odourless protein derived from soy beans — in commercial quantities for use in sports and recovery drinks.

Clarisoy, the invisible protein developed by Burcon and commercialized by ADM, will be available in commercial quantities by the summer, ADM has revealed.

Canadian plant protein specialist Burcon NutraScience Corporation is in talks with a potential partner to commercialize its novel pea protein isolate ‘Peazazz’ and the associated extraction technology.

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ADM recently struck a global licensing deal with Burcon NutraScience Corporation to produce, distribute and sell Clarisoy - which was developed by Burcon - and plans to manufacture it at its soy protein manufacturing facility in Decatur, Illinois. While Clarisoy has been available for testing for some time (Burcon has been producing it at its Winnipeg laboratory for sampling purposes since late 2008), ADM has not yet disclosed when commercial quantities will become available. “ADM is aggressively pursuing the commercialization of Clarisoy 100, the first product to launch in the Clarisoy line. While production details are still being finalized, the entire Clarisoy line will be manufactured at Decatur,” said a spokeswoman.

(Reuters) - Food companies are using a growing arsenal of technological advancements to try to make what we eat closer to nature. From sweeteners to proteins to texturizers, companies such as PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N), Cargill Inc CARG.UL and Burcon Nutrascience Corp (BU.TO) are employing an army of food scientists to help make the next generation of foods healthier and tastier, with a more understandable ingredient list.

(Reuters) - The rising demand for protein that has driven grain and meat prices to multi-year highs is also turning plants into proteins that food companies can inject into nutrition bars, sports drinks and baby formula. Within five years, soybean protein looks to more than double its 2 percent sliver of the global $100 billion protein market, Craig Binetti, president of DuPont Nutrition & Health and Applied BioSciences (DD.N), said at the Reuters Global Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicago on Tuesday.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has struck a deal with Burcon Nutrascience to commercialise Clarisoy, a soy protein that promises 100 per cent solubility in drinks. The addition of soy in acidic beverages has traditionally been limited by the poor solubility of the protein ingredients where insoluble protein particles prevent the production of a transparent beverage, a spokesperson for Burcon told BeverageDaily.com.

PR Newswire -- VANCOUVER -- November 15, 2010-- Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX - BU) ("Burcon") announced today that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent (the "Letter of Intent") with Archer Daniels Midland Company ("ADM") which details the intention of the two parties to enter into a license agreement pursuant to which Burcon will license (the "License") its CLARISOY® technology to ADM on an exclusive basis to produce, market and sell CLARISOY® soy protein isolates ("CLARISOY®" or the "Products") world-wide (the "Definitive Agreement").

August 31, 2010 - Based on the information provided, as well as other information available to the FDA, the Agency has no questions at this time regarding the conclusion that Puratein and Supertein are GRAS under the intended conditions of use. As such, Puratein and Supertein are now considered to be GRAS Notified.