FOOD PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING
Food and beverage processing accounts for more than twenty percent of the province's manufacturing industry.
There are almost 300 food processors in the province.
Saskatchewan is a leading exporter of organic grain and oilseed products.
Food products processed are - meat products , flour milling and bakery products and fruit and vegetable products.
Other processed foods include spices, dairy products, specialty foods and beverages.
Export markets include the United States, Japan, the Pacific Rim and Mexico.
- Mitchell's Gourmet Meats (Saskatoon) - processed, fresh or frozen pork and beef products like sausages, cured meats, jerky, bacon, etc.
- Dawn Food Products (Saskatoon) - cereals, pie fillings, bakery mixes, spices
- Lilydale Foods (Wynyard) - processed, fresh or frozen chicken and turkey products
- Saputo Foods (Saskatoon) - dairy products (milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream, cheese, etc.)
- Maple Leaf Foods (North Battleford) - processed, fresh or frozen pork products (bacon)
- Horizon Milling. (Saskatoon) - flour, cereals, bakery mixes, Robin Hood Products
- XL Beef (Moose Jaw) - processed, fresh or frozen beef products
- Harvest Meats (Yorkton) - Processed, fresh or frozen pork and beef products
- Horizon Meats (Moosomin) - Beef, jerky; Beef products, Sausage
- CanAmera Foods (Nipawin) - edible oils and oilseed products
- Cargill Ltd. (Clavet) - edible oils and oilseed products
- Drake Meat Processors (Drake) - processed fresh or frozen pork, beef and buffalo meat
- Dawn Food Products (Humboldt) - flour, canary seeds, mustard seeds
- Howland Enterprises (Yorkton) - beeswax, honey
- PA Bottlers (Prince Albert) - soft drink beverages
- Great Western Brewing (Saskatoon) - beer
- Thomson Meats Ltd. (Melfort) - processed, fresh or frozen pork and beef products, cabbage rolls, Chinese food products
- Weston Bakeries Ltd. (Regina) - bread, buns, rolls and other bakery products
- Prairie Malt Ltd. (Biggar) - malt, brewers and distillers
- CanOat Milling Ltd. (Saskatoon) - groats
- Last Mountain Berry Farms (Southey) - fruit, jam or jellies, juices, pie fillings
- Northern Lights Foods (La Ronge) - Beef, jerky; snack foods, Wild rice, Wild Mushrooms
- Pine View Farms (Osler) - Beef, chicken, turkey and lamb products, processed, fresh or frozen
- Star Egg Company (Saskatoon) - eggs
- Other food processing includes potatoes, honey, jams, jellies, wines,
egg sorting and grading, wild rice
There are three main flour mills operating in Saskatchewan - two in Saskatoon and a mill in Humboldt.
There are also flour processing plants for organic flour, oat flour and
wheat flour. |
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There are companies that process the following fibres - flax fibre, wheat straw
and hemp fibre. Some uses for the fibres are :
- flax fibre - cloth (linen) , insulation, etc.
- wheat straw - panelboard and other wood substitutes
- hemp fibre - cloth and rope
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Salt products obtained from potash include table salt, water softening salt,
livestock salt and road de-icing salt. |
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Norampac in Saskatoon manufactures cardboard boxes of all shapes and sizes, for
shipping and for storage. |
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Pre-manufactured homes - Estevan, Saskatoon and Yorkton |
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Agricultural machinery ( harrows) - manufactured at the Battlefords
Farm machinery - also manufactured in Yorkton |
SASKATCHEWAN
info at http://www.enterprisesaskatchewan.ca/manufacturing
August 2011