Mr. Kip Underwood reports

BURCON LAUNCHES INGREDIENT PROCESSING AND SCALE UP SERVICES

Burcon NutraScience Corp. has expanded its protein development and innovation business by offering pilot plant processing and scale-up validation as a service for its partners and customers.

"After a successful round of financing, we are thrilled to move forward on our Burcon 2.0 strategy. In order to engage the market and improve our customer intimacy, we are excited to offer Burcon's world-class expertise and pilot-scale processing as a service," said Kip Underwood, Burcon's chief executive officer. "Our Winnipeg technical centre offers a comprehensive range of plant protein processing capabilities. We look forward to supporting our fellow industry peers to develop the next generation of best-in-class ingredients and products."

Burcon's Winnipeg technical centre comprises 10,000 square feet of lab-scale and pilot-scale production area utilizing state-of-the-art commercial processing equipment for start-to-finish product development. Manufacturers looking to upcycle byproducts, develop end-to-end processes, or validate and scale up a process can leverage the company's infrastructure and food processing expertise. With over 250 years of combined food processing experience, Burcon's highly skilled team of scientists and engineers can work with partners and customers to develop and deliver innovative products and solutions.

What Burcon provides:

• Consulting and contract services;
• Product and process development;
• Process scale-up and validation.

Core competencies:

• Process development for plant proteins;
• Aqueous protein extraction and purification;
• Membrane technology;
• Solid/liquid and liquid/liquid separation;
• Drying and blending;
• Upcycled value-added ingredient isolation.

Infrastructure:

• 10,000 square feet of lab-scale and pilot-scale production areas;
• Extraction/clarification/separation;
• Membrane filtration (MF, UF, NF and RO);
• Heat treatment capabilities;
• Spray and freeze drying;
• Cold pressing capabilities (for example, oilseeds);
• Analytical, functionality and product application labs.

"Over the years, Burcon's world-class team of experts has worked with industry partners to solve many different challenges in food processing and protein development," said Randy Willardsen, Burcon's senior vice-president of process. He added, "Burcon is delighted to make our services and problem-solving expertise available to our customers and the general food and beverage industry as the marketplace goes through a period of unprecedented change and amazing opportunity over the next few years and decades."

About Burcon NutraScience Corp.

Burcon is a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins for foods and beverages. The company's proteins exhibit superior functionality, taste and nutrition, making them ideal ingredients for food formulators. With over two decades of experience, Burcon has amassed an extensive patent portfolio covering its novel plant-based proteins derived from pea, canola, soy, hemp and sunflower seeds, among other plant sources. Burcon is striving to become a vertically integrated provider of specialty plant-based protein solutions that deliver on health, nutrition and sustainability. Supporting the growing trend toward a plant-based diet, Burcon is developing premium protein ingredients that the company believes are better for you and better for the planet.

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