Biochemicals & Nutraceuticals

Niagara is home to Canada's Carbohydrate Valley, a leading location for biobased manufacturing and food processing. Located in Port Colborne, Carbohydrate Valley offers low cost water transportation, accessibility to large volumes of clean water, and a growing mix of companies in the bio-business.
 

CASCO Inc.

CASCO is one of Canada's leading producers and suppliers of high-quality food ingredients and industrial additives. CASCO's Port Colborne facility produces agri-based ingredients and additives through a refined corn wet milling process.

Jungbunzlauer International

Jungbunzlauer (JBL) produces citric acid through the microbial fermentation of waste, renewable carbohydrate feedstocks, such as by-products of the corn milling process at neighbouring facility CASCO. Citric acid is used in the food and beverage industry, cleaning, construction, textile, paper, and pharmaceutical industries.