Incubation Suites

Once a product is developed and process has been optimized during our scale-up test, we provide processing incubation suites for product commercialization.   The Food Centre offers options for short-term processing or incubation for longer term.  

Daily Rental Processing

The Food Centre operates a 10,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility, located on 52 Innovation Boulevard (on U of S Campus) and holds various registrations, licenses and certifications to allow our clients to access global markets.  Our “Pilot Plant” has 2 suites to accommodate different processes, a cook room, packaging room and staging coolers.

• HACCP Recognized by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• CFIA inspected – licensed to process meat, dairy, processed fruit and vegetables, fish and processed foods.
• Organic Certified (USA and Canada) through ProCert
• HALAL licensed through HALAL Advisory Group
• FDA approved for processed foods

The facility is fully equipped to manufacture a variety of food products from boneless pork ribs, sausages, jam and snack bars to kimchi. Clients have the option of bringing in their own staff to manufacture their products or the Food Centre can custom process if you don’t have the staff or time to commit.  The daily fee will depend on the complexity of the process and equipment required.

Need more info?  Please contact Scott Irvine, Pilot Plant Manager, to discuss rental and processing options.

Long-term Incubation Processing

Long-term incubation processing is offered at the Agri-Food Innovation Centre, located on 2335 Schuyler Street in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  This 55,200 square foot multi-unit complex offers 8 incubation suites for clients pursuing larger markets and need more capacity.

We have a dedicated bottling line and a large dry packaging room.  Tenants  bring in their pre-approved equipment for processing, ingredients, and supplies.  Office space, Food Safety Coordinator, Shipper/Receiver and some general utilities are provided.  Need more info?  Please contact Greg Hamilton,Vice-President of Operations, to discuss leasing and processing options.

• HACCP Recognized by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• CFIA inspected – licensed to process meat, processed fruit and vegetables and processed foods
• BRC Certified (Extrusion)

Processing Capabilities and Equipment

Meat Processing

Products: sausages, ham, bacon, burgers, dried meats (jerky), boneless ribs
Equipment: rollstock machine, slicer, injector, tumbler, grinder, stuffer, batter, breading, deep frying, baking oven, smokehouse, skewering, patty machine

Condiments

Products: chutney, jam, sauce, honey, flavoured oil
Equipment: jacketed kettles, various mixers, thermoformed blister packaging technology, sauce packets, bottling equipment, filler, emulsifier

Fruits/Vegetables

Products: dried fruit, fruit juice, infused fruit, condiment, pickles, relish
Equipment: bladder extractor and belt press, filtration system, pasteurizer, various fillers, choppers, grinder, emulsifiers, vertical form fill & seal, bottling line, choppers

Beverages

Products: juice, tea, tea bag (leaves), pasteurized milk
Equipment: double jacketed kettles, various mixers and fillers, bottling equipment, teabag former

Snacks

Products: snack bar, protein bar, roast pulses, cookies
Equipment: kettles, choppers, dough mixers, bar forming technology, flow wrapper, vertical form fill & seal

Dry Mixes

Products: baking mix, dried fruit, seasoning mix
Equipment: mixers, auger fillers, automated packet packaging, small to medium stand up pouch packaging

Cheese and Dairy

Products: artisan cheese, yogurt, sherbet, pasteurized milk
Equipment: pasteurizer, cheese vats, drain tables, cream separator, packaging

Ready to Eat

Products: ethnic cuisine, deli meat, hummus, snacks
Equipment: kettles, fillers, choppers, grinder, emulsifiers, impingement oven, continuous fryer