Burcon NutraScience Company Description
Burcon NutraScience Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides plant-based proteins for the food and beverage industry in Canada.
The company offers peas, which includes Peazazz, a pea protein for use in dairy alternatives; and canola protein, which comprises meat alternatives, egg alternatives, non-dairy frozen desserts, ready-to-mix beverages, whipped toppings and nutrition bars, and other concentrated protein supplements.
It also provides soy that includes soy protein, a protein replacement for dairy proteins in food or in products, such as protein shakes, power bars, soups and sauces, meat alternatives, and breads and baked goods; and CLARISOY for sports nutrition beverages, citrus-based drinks, fruit-flavoured beverages, lemonades, powdered beverage mixes, and in various non-beverage plant-based applications.
In addition, the company offers Solatein, a sunflower protein isolate; FavaPro fava protein and other plant proteins; hemp protein isolate; flax protein; and protein blends.
The company was formerly known as Burcon Capital Corp. and changed its name to Burcon NutraScience Corporation in October 1999.
Burcon NutraScience Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
| Country | Canada |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
| Sector | Consumer Staples |
| Employees | 15 |
| CEO | Kip Underwood |
Contact Details
Address: 999 West Broadway Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1K5 Canada | |
| Phone | 604-733-0896 |
| Website | burcon.ca |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | BRCND |
| Exchange | OTCMKTS |
| Fiscal Year | April - March |
| Reporting Currency | CAD |
| SIC Code | 2836 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kip Underwood M.B.A. | Chief Executive Officer |
| 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 |
| Robert Peets C.F.A., M.B.A. | Chief Financial Officer |
| Paul Lam | Director of Investor Relations |