Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU)
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Burcon NutraScience Company Description

Burcon NutraScience Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops plant proteins and ingredients for use in the food and beverage industries in Canada.

The company offers Peazazz and Peazac, a pea protein for use in dairy alternatives, ready-to-drink beverages, dry blended beverages, bars, baked goods, and meat substitute products; Puratein, a canola protein isolate use for meat alternatives, such as burgers, sausages, and nutrition bars; and Supertein, a canola protein for use in non-dairy frozen desserts, egg alternative, plant-based marshmallows, and ready-to-mix beverages, whipped toppings, and plant-based bars.

It also provides Nutratein, a canola protein comprising a mixture of globulin and albumin proteins for use in meat and egg alternatives, and other plant-based functional foods; and CLARISOY, a soy protein for use in sports nutrition beverages, citrus-based drinks, fruit-flavored beverages, lemonades, powdered beverage mixes, and non-beverage plant-based products.

In addition, the company offers hemp protein isolates. The company was formerly known as Burcon Capital Corp. and changed its name to Burcon NutraScience Corporation in October 1999.

The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Burcon NutraScience Corporation
Burcon NutraScience logo
Country Canada
Founded 1998
Industry Packaged Foods
Sector Consumer Staples
Employees 25
CEO Kip Underwood

Contact Details

Address:
1946 West Broadway
Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1Z2
Canada
Phone 604-733-0896
Website burcon.ca

Stock Details

Ticker Symbol BU
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Fiscal Year April - March
Reporting Currency CAD
ISIN Number CA1208311029
SIC Code 2836

Key Executives

Name Position
Kip Underwood M.B.A. Chief Executive Officer
Jade Cheng Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Kam T. Law Senior Vice President of Legal and Corporate Secretary
Randy Willardsen Senior Vice President of Process
Dr. Martin Hans Schweizer Ph.D. Vice President of Technical Development
Paul Lam Director of Investor Relations