Saskatchewan’s $4.3-billion food processing industry includes more than 300 processors and over 5,000 employees.
A Large, Dynamic Industry Saskatchewan’s food and beverage industry produces about 19% of our province’s total manufacturing and processing output.
Saskatchewan foods are set on dinner tables around the world:
o Flour products and bakery mixes
o Peas, lentils and chickpeas o Beef, pork and chicken products
o Jams, jellies and other preserves
o Certified organic cereals and meat
o Specialty foods, snack foods and confections
o Nutraceuticals and functional foods
And it is Expanding
The Saskatchewan Plan for Growth includes a target to increase value-added production by 2020.
The Provincial Value-Added Agriculture Strategy target is to increase total revenues from $4 billion in 2012 to $6 billion in 2020, an increase of 50%.
Value-added revenues totalled $4.3 billion in 2016.
Opportunity Areas
Opportunities in food, crop and beverage processing are as wide as our prairie sky. Pulses – lentil, peas and chickpea food products
o Pulse fractions – protein, starch, fibre
o Processed packaged food products
o Pasta and flour products Meat processing and slaughtering
o Beef, pork and chicken processing
o Specialty meat processing Specialty fruit products
o Saskatoon berry, haskap, seabuckthorn, sour cherry wines, jams, pie fillings, syrups, concentrates and powders
o Beverage flavourings and functional (antioxidant and vitamin content and nutritional) attributes Specialty and gourmet foods
o Organic products from grains and livestock Animal feeds
o Commercial pre-mixes, pulse protein, processed forages Pet foods, nutraceuticals and functional foods Medicinal and culinary herbs Spices and essential oils Non-food and non-traditional food products
o Dermaceuticals (oats)
o Detergents (canola)
o Biodegradable lubricants, bio-diesel fuel
o Hemp and flax fibre-based products
o Pharmaceuticals
The Saskatchewan Edge
Infrastructure and Support Large, dynamic food processing industry – with broad supporting infrastructure such as:
o Crop Development Centre
o University of Saskatchewan
o POS Bio-Sciences
o Canadian Light Source (Canada’s only synchrotron) Strong R&D support including:
o Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre
o Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Saskatoon Research Centre o National Research Centre Plant Biotechnology Institute
o Saskatchewan Research Council
o Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive for eligible companies
Central North American location with excellent transportation services for domestic and offshore markets
Lower overall cost of doing business and operating
A hard-working, skilled, educated and productive workforce
Local, Superior Inputs
High-quality crops and livestock herds
Clean and pristine environment
Wide variety of raw materials at competitive costs
For more information, contact:
Ms. Chandra Mark
Deputy Director, Investment
Saskatchewan Ministry of Trade and Export Development
1000, 2103 11th Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 3Z8
Phone: (306) 787-9101
Fax: (306) 787-3989
E-mail: [email protected]
