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Overview
Working with industry stakeholders and companies of all sizes, the Food Processing Development Centre (FPDC) helps build value-added processing capacity and supports industry as it pursues new opportunities. FPDC is a modern, 65,000 square foot pilot plant and product development laboratory. The centre is equipped with more than $20,000,000 in equipment that supports food product innovation along the full development and commercialization continuum.
Clients can access technical consultation, benchtop development, pilot plant development, scale-up, business development, applied research and interim processing services.
Updates
Our Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator (APBI) is expanding with two new processing suites being added – stay tuned for further announcements!
Connect-Develop-Grow
Support along the product/process development, business development, scale-up, commercialization and interim processing continuum.

Browse our processing lines and equipment available to support projects at FPDC.

Contact the Food Processing Development Centre for scientific, technical or business development support.
Upcoming FPDC events
Find opportunities to attend webinars, workshops, missions and other programs.
Stay tuned for more upcoming events.
View all our past webinars.

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This personal information collection is authorized under section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act.
If you have any questions about this collection of personal information, you may contact the FPDC Project Coordinator at 780-980-4246 or [email protected].
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