Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Evaluating the effects of inclusion of dewatered skim milk and cheese whey on performance of lactating dairy cows

Lead Applicant: Bassim Abbassi

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Elora Research Station

Gas lift pumping technology for moving heavy fluids and mixtures in food systems

Lead Applicant: Wael Ahmed

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Alma Aquaculture Research Station

Developing Ontario lager yeasts

Lead Applicant: George van der Merwe

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Market validation through customer-focused sensory analysis of functional bakery goods

Lead Applicant: Lisa Duizer

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Validation and certification of engineered slow-release carbon-sequestering fertilizers

Lead Applicant: Rafael Santos

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Energy-efficient pumping technology for sustainable food production systems

Lead Applicant: Wael Ahmed

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Enhancing functionality of potato tuber starch for industrial use by manipulating amylopectin branching frequency

Lead Applicant: Ian Tetlow

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Chemical upcycling of agri-food resources to activated carbon

Lead Applicant: Animesh Dutta

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Breeding stress tolerant beer yeast strains for enhanced fermentation capacity and product consistency

Lead Applicant: George van der Merwe

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing reliable beer yeasts for craft brewing that can withstand challenging brewing environments and be reused (repitched) without sacrificing quality.

 

Analysis of rubber yield selection gain in Russian Dandelion

Lead Applicant: David Wolyn

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Simcoe, and Woodstock

Research Summary: Comparing Russian Dandelion populations (plants bred for desirable traitrs) to assess the potential for future breeding and yield stability in Ontario