Impact

Supporting shelf-life and packaging development for North Pacific Kelp Wild Foods’ kelp biostimulant

North Pacific Kelp Wild Foods partnered with the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab to explore strategies for improving shelf-life and identifying sustainable packaging options for their kelp-based biostimulant product.

Enhancing packaging and shelf-life strategies for Live On Chocolate

Live On Chocolate partnered with Conestoga’s Food Research & Innovation Lab to support packaging development and explore ways to extend the shelf-life of their signature truffle products.

Supporting product development and packaging strategies at Hummingbird Chocolate Maker

Hummingbird Chocolate Maker partnered with the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab to explore opportunities to enhance their packaging processes and extend the shelf-life of key products.

Scaling up beverage formulations for shelf-life and packaging optimization for School Story

Cool Story partnered with Conestoga’s Food Research & Innovation Lab to scale up and evaluate multiple beverage formulations using high temperature short time and ultra-high temperature processing at CFRIL’s pilot plant.

Exploring sustainable fruit processing for Oat & Mill’s dairy-free ice cream

Oat & Mill partnered with the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) to explore alternative fruit processing methods that align with the company’s commitment to sustainability and product quality.

Supporting product development and commercialization for Terra Bioindustries

Terra Bioindustries, an Elmira-based food upcycling company, partnered with the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab to support the development of technical specifications and prototype formulations for one of their flagship ingredients, Recyclose.

Exploring peer-led healthy eating initiatives for Conestoga students

This project examined healthy eating programs at post-secondary institutions across Canada to identify successful models, particularly those that are peer-led, and assess their potential for implementation at Conestoga.

Bridging food security and food safety on Ontario campuses

This project explored food security initiatives across Ontario post-secondary campuses with two key objectives: to identify existing programs, especially creative or lesser-known hidden gems, and to apply a food safety and waste reduction lens to those initiatives.

How the Cambridge Food Bank is leading the way in food recovery with help from Conestoga

As food bank usage in Canada reaches all-time highs, the Cambridge Food Bank is seeing the impact close to home. One out of every eight people in the City of Cambridge and North Dumfries relies on its services. To continue meeting growing demand, the Cambridge Food Bank partnered with Conestoga to improve its food recovery efforts, ensuring it could offer as much high-quality food as possible.

CFRIL collaboration improves poultry welfare tools with Cargill Limited

Driven by their focus on animal welfare, Cargill Limited, one of Canada’s largest processors of beef, poultry, and livestock feed products, along with a leading Canadian packaging company, Cascades, partnered with the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) to develop solutions to further enhance their animal welfare practices creating an enriched environment for Cargill’s broiler chickens.