Webinar Recordings

Exploring Opportunities for Canadian Peas in the Global Marketplace

April 2, 2025 | Dry peas are rich in protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals and are often used as a plant-based protein source. They are also naturally gluten-free and commonly used in flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan diets. Dry peas are historically utilized in food industry for soups, stews, purees, snack foods; as an animal feed as a protein rich ingredient and binder in livestock, aquatic feed and pet food and as a flour, protein, starch, and fiber ingredient in plant based food products, including dairy and meat alternatives. Join Dr. Mehmet Tulbek, President of the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc. in this webinar as he explores emerging and alternative opportunities for Canadian peas in the global marketplace.

Power of Pulses in Sustainable Snacking Innovations

February 10, 2025 | In this webinar, Dr. Mehmet Tulbek, president of the Food Centre, will present an overview of pulses in snack innovation, discuss formulation, processing, technology, sustainability, and nutritional and commercial applications of these products, and elaborate on the innovation, fermentation, bioengineering, and ingredient transformation capabilities at the Food Centre.

Crafting Success: The Science and Innovation Behind Canada's Microbrewing Industry

November 14, 2024 | In this webinar, Dr. Chris Eskiw provides an overview of the microbrewing industry in Canada and discuss some of the underlying scientific principles, the challenges likely to be encountered and the trends that would dictate the continued success of the microbreweries.

Navigating the Food Industry

October 24, 2024 | From idea to final product, the Food Centre leverages its diverse expertise and One-Stop Shop approach to support clients through all aspects of the project lifecycle.

In this webinar, Emily Nickel provides an overview of the Food Centre’s capabilities and expertise; in addition to how the Centre supports its clients with project initiation, customized pathfinding services, and access to funding opportunities.

Overview of Pulse Starches

October 24, 2024 | In this webinar, Dr. Yongfeng Ai, Associate Professor at USask and Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Endowed Research Chair in Carbohydrate Quality and Utilization, presents information on raw materials, unique characteristics, processing technologies, and utilization solutions of pulse starches.

Pulse-Based Dairy Analogs

February 14, 2024 | Every year, the Food Centre celebrates World Pulses Day (Feb 10!), a designated United Nations global event to recognize the importance of pulses as a global staple, with webinar highlighting uses of pulses in food and beverage industry. This year, 2024, we are highlighting pulse-based dairy analogs! In this webinar, Food Centre President, Dr. Mehmet Tulbek, presents an overview of pulse-based dairy analogs — dairy free smoothies, yogurt, cheese and more! Mehmet talks about processing, technology, nutritional and commercial applications of these products and elaborates on the innovation, fermentation, bioengineering and ingredient transformation capabilities of the Food Centre.

NuWave Innovative Drying Solutions

April 6, 2023 | Discover game-changing drying solutions to increase the value of your product in this webinar put on by the Food Centre and NuWave Research Inc. Mehmet Tülbek, President of the Food Centre, highlights the Centre’s various capabilities and its partnership with NuwWave Research Inc. NuWave’s 12kW Atlas drying system is housed at the Food Centre for technology development projects and commercialization activities. Greg Stromotich, Founder and CEO of NuWave Research Inc. talks about their patented Vacuum Microwave Dehydration technology to help give food businesses a competitive drying advantage. This innovative technology is applicable to various sectors in the agriculture industry.

Overview of Global Fermented Pulse-Based Foods

February 10, 2023 | Detailed overview of global fermented pulse-based foods. In this recorded webinar, Dr. Mehmet Tulbek discusses processing, technology, nutritional and commercial applications for these products and elaborates on the innovation, fermentation, bioengineering and ingredient transformation capabilities of the Food Centre.

Advanced Manufacturing 2.0

October 19, 2022 | Is it time to rethink your operations and implement smart technology into your production? The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc. has partnered with Farm Credit Canada on a webinar to help food and beverage SMEs to understand the benefits of advanced manufacturing tools and technology. Advanced manufacturing technology is used in all parts of the production process of food and beverage manufacturing plants to reduce costs, improve efficiency and become more profitable. In the webinar, we will introduce resources and service providers to SMEs for advanced manufacturing to implement the industry 4.0 tools in their current processes to improve efficiencies. Plus, you will learn about available funding and financing options to get you started.