The French company Roquette, a global leader in innovative plantbased food ingredients, has announced a notable investment of more than € 285 m to build a brand new pea-protein manufacturing site in Portage la Prairie, Canada in order to address the growing demand for plant proteins.  

Roquette’s investment – the world’s largest dedicated to pea-protein in the Food, Nutrition and Health industry to date – will reinforce the Group’s leadership in plant protein. It also reaffirms the company’s strategy to develop specialties for Food, Nutrition & Health markets and to accelerate its global growth.

This large industrial unit will expand Roquette’s pea-protein production capacity and help address the growing customer demand for plant-based proteins in North America and globally. The new site is strategically located in Canada, the world’s largest producer of peas, with around 30% of the total global production.