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Food Processing

Canada is World-Renowned for its Top Quality Grain and Wheat Products

“We are committed to expanding our presence in Canada. Canada remains a very important region to Bunge’s growth strategy because of the increasing global demand for canola oil and meal and the growth potential of canola seed production in Canada.”

Soren Schroder, President and CEO of Bunge North America

 

The lowest food-processing costs in the G-7— Canada offers global investors the right ingredients for success. KPMG’s Competitive Alternatives 2010 ranks Canada #1 among its G-7 peers for its low costs in food processing. Among 95 cities worldwide, the Canadian city of Sherbrooke is ranked #4 in agri-food business costs, with the cities of Québec, Moncton, and Montréal ranking within the top-15 lowest cost food processing destinations.

Source: KPMG. Competitive Alternatives 2010. 

Global players with an appetite for profitability locate in Canada— Global companies have chosen Canada because they want high-quality products and matching profitability. Canada has a highly competitive food processing sector with streamlined corporate taxes and regulations, internationally-respected inspection systems and an integrated transportation network that assures rapid distribution across the continent and around the globe. Major global investors in Canada include Archer Daniels Midland Co., Bunge, Grain Millers Inc., Jungbunzlauer, Kellogg Company, Louis Dreyfus Mitsui Foods, Meiji Seika Kaisha, and Natraceutical Group.

Canola: a Canadian success story— Canola, an abbreviation of “Canadian oil”, was developed by plant breeders in Canada during the 1960s and 1970s. In less than four decades, it has gained significant ground in the world oilseed market. Canola oil is one of the healthiest of all commonly used cooking oils and is consumed around the world. Valued at more than $1.5 billion, exports of Canadian canola oil alone reached 1.8 million tonnes in 2009 – 2010, an 18 percent increase over the previous crop year.

Source: Canola Council of Canada - Historic Exports and Canola Council of Canada - Historic Prices

 

Recent Foreign Investments – Agri-food

 Map of Canada showing five locations: Vancouver, British Columbia; Lethbridge, Alberta; Manitoba; Nova Scotia; and Prince Edward Island

In January 2011, Utah-based MonaVie Inc. opened its new distribution and pickup centre in Vancouver. MonaVie is a maker of premier acai-based nutritional products and has more than 4,000 square feet of warehouse space and 4,300 square feet of office space in Canada.
In January 2011, the Canadian subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc.announced plans to build a new crop input facility in Alberta.

In July 2010, the Canadian subsidiary of St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. invested $14 million in expanding and upgrading its seed-manufacturing facility in Lethbridge, Alberta. This facility will have the capability to handle all of the company’s hybrid canola seed production in North America.

In October 2010, the North American operating arm of New York-based Bunge Ltd. announced plans to more than double the capacity of its canola processing plant in Manitoba. This plan is part of the company’s multi-year expansion program for its four Western Canadian processing plants.
In August 2010, Frito Lay Canada invested $2 million in its operations in Nova Scotia. A division of PepsiCo Canada ULC, the company upgraded its production equipment and made its plant more environmentally sustainable. Recently, this facility was recognized as the first in Canada to send less than 1 percent of its waste to landfills.

In April 2010, Mazzetta Co. of Illinois purchased a fish processing plant in Prince Edward Island for $2 million and announced the creation of 165 new jobs.