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September 13, 2024 Blog Posts, News Release

Groundbreaking Life Cycle Assessment of pulse ingredients helps meet consumer demands for more sustainable foods and beverages

Jannatul Ferdous, a researcher at the University of British Columbia Food Systems PRISM Lab, presented the first ever Life Cycle Assessment of Processed Pea, Lentil, and Bean Products in Canada at the 14^th LCA Food International Conference in Barcelona. Learn how Avena Foods can help food and beverage manufacturers in meeting their LCA and sustainability goals.

September 03, 2024 Blog Posts, Crop Report

Harvest Crop Report

Mike Gallais, Director of Procurement, Avena Foods, shares his insights in this harvest crop report for gluten-free oat and pulse market.

June 04, 2024 Blog Posts, Crop Report

Spring Seeding Crop Report

Mike Gallais, Director of Procurement, Avena Foods, shares his insights in this Spring Seeding 2024 crop report for oat and pulse market.

March 07, 2024 Blog Posts, Crop Report

Pre-Seeding Crop Report

Mike Gallais, Director of Procurement, Avena Foods, shares his insights in this Spring 2024 crop report for gluten-free oat and pulse market.

May 23, 2023 Blog Posts

Avena Best Pea Hull Fibers

Avena Best Pea Hull Fiber © (90% TDF) is a natural and clean-label ingredient upcycled from cleaned pea hulls. As food manufacturers seek out ways to incorporate a higher percentage of dietary fiber into consumer products, Avena Best Pea Hull Fibers stand out as functional ingredients that tick all the boxes. 

March 02, 2023 Blog Posts

Flour Power – Fine and Extra Fine RTE Oat Flour

Avena Purity Protocol fine and extra fine oat flours are a RTE, functional food ingredient. They can be used in plant-based food and beverage applications.

March 02, 2023 Blog Posts

New State-of-the-Art Oat Mill for RTE Ingredients

Avena is more than doubling its gluten-free oat ingredient production capacity with the commissioning of a new mill on the Canadian Prairies. This facility is located in one of the best oat growing regions of the world.

February 22, 2023 Blog Posts

Avena Functional Pulse Flours for Egg Replacement

Egg shortages and rising prices, coupled with consumer demand for plant-based foods and beverages, have manufacturers scrambling to find alternatives to egg ingredients. Avena’s Best Functional Pulse Flours are ready-to-eat (RTE), cost-effective, clean-and-clear-label ingredients that provide binding, viscosity, emulsification, gelation, and structure. They offer food manufacturers a viable replacement for eggs, at a lower cost and with a stable supply.

August 24, 2022 Blog Posts, Event Recap

Avena Customer and Farmer Appreciation Day Recap

What’s Ahead for Canadian Pulse and Oat Ingredients?

In 2022, global demand for pulse and oat ingredients is soaring. At the same time, concerns are growing about environmental impacts and global food security.

Against this backdrop, specialty miller Avena Foods held a ‘Customer and Farmer Appreciation Day’ on 4 August, to explore the role that these crops can play in promoting more sustainable systems of food production.

July 28, 2022 Blog Posts

How Sustainable are Canadian Oat and Pulse Crops?

First aggregate findings of Avena’s pulse and oat regenerative ag project with Field to Market Canada are to be presented at Avena’s Customer and Farmer Appreciation Day in Rowatt, SK, on Aug. 4. Field to Market Canada president Harvey Bradford talks about how his organization is working with Avena to assess and document environmental performance on the farm.