Alberta Innovates Announces Millions in Quality Food for Health Grants
Diverse range of research targets better food to boost health
(firmenpresse) - EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/04/12 -- Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, along with seven other funding partners, is announcing funding for 13 research projects focused on using the power of science towards better food and better health. "This unique 5 million dollar program aims to stimulate new and healthier food, innovative food processing, and new ways of encouraging healthier food consumption by Albertans," says Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions CEO Stan Blade, PhD. "This program is an outstanding example of the Alberta Innovates system in action."
The Quality Food for Health Research and Innovation Program, an initiative led by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, brings together the following pan-Alberta partners: Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund, Alberta Pulse Growers Commission, Alberta Canola Producers Commission, Alberta Milk, and Egg Farmers of Alberta.
"The research projects we are investing in are wonderfully diverse - from studying pulses and their impact on weight and cholesterol, to understanding how food marketing affects our children," says Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions CEO Jacques Magnan, PhD. "The projects' goals are ambitious: to improve food quality, equip Alberta producers with valuable details on their products, and enhance human health."
One of the projects announced today is being led by David Wishart, PhD, a professor of biological sciences and computing science at the University of Alberta. His team has been awarded a half million dollars for the next three years to analyse the micronutrients in Alberta cereal crops, pulses, beef, vegetables, fruit, and poultry. "We will create the Alberta Food Composition Database including more than 70 Alberta foods. The end result will be the most comprehensive food analysis in the world," says Wishart.
"It is our pleasure to team up with Alberta Innovates to fund this exceptional research into the micronutrients of Alberta foods," says Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency CEO Gordon Cove. "Dr. Wishart's team will provide us with in-depth analysis of the sugars, vitamins, and fatty acids that are present in Alberta-grown foods. This information will give us a significant competitive advantage to market our products here at home, and on the international stage."
The Alberta Food Composition Database will be accessible to Alberta consumers, physicians, dieticians, food producers, manufacturers, food testing agencies, crop growers and the livestock industry on a dedicated website built by the Wishart team. The database will provide key information on compounds that are not routinely measured but may have significant health impacts. This information will be incorporated into consumer-friendly "food factsheets" to help Albertans make better food choices to optimize their health.
For more information on the 13 Alberta Innovates Quality Food for Health Research and Innovation projects, visit
A video news release featuring the Wishart team, and the Alberta Innovates CEOs is available at
Projects funded by Alberta Innovates Quality Food for Health grants
The Alberta Innovates Quality Food for Health program brings together the agricultural and health communities in a unique initiative. Representing almost $12 million in total project costs, the following 13 projects will receive more than $5 million from industry and from these eight public funding partners over 2012-15: Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions (AI Bio), Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (AIHS), Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund (ACIDF), Alberta Pulse Growers Commission (APGC), Alberta Canola Producers Commission (ACPC), Alberta Milk (AM), and Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA).
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Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions
Marie Cusack
Communications Director
780-638-4060
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions
Karen Thomas
Media Relations Specialist
403-651-1112
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