1. Soy Protein Separation Technology ~What’s old, What’s new, What’s next~ November 8, 2005 Hosted by Soy 20/20

2. Agenda 1.Introductions 2.About Soy 20/20 3.Why are we here? 4.What’s old? 5.Where do we want to go? 6.What’ happening? (take it away, researchers) 7.What’s needed? (take it away, industry) 8.Lunch 9.Moving forward

3. Soy 20/20 Provincial Government Academia Industry Federal Government Soy 20/20 …stimulate and seize new opportunities for Canadian soybeans Improve profitability for soybean growers Increase value-added processing of Canadian soybeans in Canada

4. The Soybean “Factory”

5. Canadian Soy Protein Gap HandlersManufacturers Distribution Consumers Protein Processing Gap Farmers Researcher s Increased use of soy protein as an ingredient = ~$11-25 million market (est.) The demand is being met by US firms starting with commodity soybeans

6. Why Fill the Gap? Capture the value of our soybean system –We are recognized for our ability to grow and manage specialty beans (identity preservation) but we do not have the capacity now to process them into products Capture value of soybean improvements –We can breed better beans, but we need the capacity to process and the technology to ensure the benefits are retained Move our industry up the value chain –Farmers and primary handlers/processors can be more sustainable if we can add value domestically buy selling components and ingredients instead of soybeans

7. BUT….. DIFFERENTWe need to be DIFFERENT Cannot compete in a commodity market with the big players

8. Differentiating We need to look at varying: Inputs Processing End product traits What is needed?  market +What can we do?  technology =What should we do next?  opportunity Combination

9. Opportunities? Build new markets based on: FunctionRegionCategoryCost -nearness to markets -nearness to beans -recovery efficiency -protein integrity -applications -purity, quality -improve access -Canadian reputation -natural, organic, nutritional -sell the story

10. Participants Soy Industry Research ? Market Needs? Technical Abilities? Real Opportunities?

11. Purpose of this session iesIdentify protein separation technologies that might offer Canadian companies a unique competitive advantage whoIdentify who wants to run howIdentify how to move forward Novel Processing Ideas Financing PlanningMarketing Commercializing Partnering Profiting

12. Industry interest Companies in soy are looking for opportunities 6+ are here today There is support for value-added in agriculture If all the pieces of the puzzle come together Can it begin with technology research? Need dialogue!

13. Okay….now what? What’s old? What’s happening? What’s next?

14. What’s Old? Process. Begin with commodity, de- fatted soybean flakes (hexane extracted) Multiple steps Allows for variability in end product characteristics Commercially established

15. What’s Old? Issues. The process can: –denature proteins, –produce ash, lysoalanines, and phytates, –be considered “harsh”. Doesn’t use different feedstocks There are protein losses, and resultant functional detractions We need to be different!

16. Where do we want to go? Start with different feedstocks ? –Derived from specialty, non-commodity beans –Full fat soy flour, partially de-fatted soy flour Produce different outputs? –Protein functionality, less ash –Image (market cache, organic) Improve efficiency? –Less protein loss –Lower costs of development and operation

17. Where do we want to go? Separation of protein sub-units ? –7s and 11s Applicability to other grains, oilseeds? –White beans, oats, okara ….or maybe…

18. What’s happening now? Extraction –Supercritical fluid –Bi-polar electro-acidification Membrane –Ultra-filtration –Reverse osmosis Ion-exchange –Electrodialysis –Fluidized beds Fluid particle –Centrifugation Combination technologies

19. Technology Represented 1.Western – circulating fludized beds 2.Waterloo –super critical fluidizationn, others 3.Toronto - various 4.AAFC, Guelph - various 5.AAFC, St-Hyacinthe – ultrafiltration, various others 6.Dalhousie – floc floatation, expanded bed adsoprtion 7.Laval – bio-polar membrane electroacidification 8.McGill - various 9.NYSA Membranes (McMaster derived) - membrane 10.Tiancheng Chempharm 11.Oleanergie F2001

20. Let’s Talk! What do we need? What can we do? Who can be involved? How do we move forward? What next?