Value added pork products for export markets - HyLife Foods LP

HyLife Foods是一家马尼托巴省的农村公司，拥有猪肉和猪肉产品的全球买家。作为加拿大管理最好的50家公司之一，它努力寻找新的方法来增加猪肉和肉类切割过程中的副产品的价值。该项目将研究使用不同的肉块以及联合产品(如骨头)向国外市场提供新产品的新方法。具体地说，该公司正在考虑为日本市场新鲜发货的高端产品。这要求产品开发考虑一些挑战，包括监管限制、保存方法和适合日本消费市场的风味开发。红河学院的Prairie Research厨房技术接入中心将与HyLife加工和市场开发团队一起进行实用的应用研究，以确定两个新产品线的关键产品开发属性：适合拉式猪肉应用的完全煮熟的猪肉块，保质期至少两个月；以及猪肉骨汤或浓缩猪肉，包装在即用即用。研究团队必须寻找合适的成分来提供所要求的保质期，同时满足日本市场的监管和进口法规。与HyLife的合作为红河学院的学生和教职员工提供了一个与成功的全球公司合作满足他们的产品开发需求的机会。这一合作关系为学生和员工通过学生就业机会和进一步的产品开发项目与HyLife接触的未来机会奠定了基础。大型跨国公司在马尼托巴省农业食品公司总数中所占比例不到5%，这使得让学生参与国外市场产品开发以及与大型食品公司管理团队合作的机会非常难得。

HyLife Foods is a rural Manitoba company with global buyers for pork and pork products. As one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies, it strives to find new ways to add value to pork cuts and co-products of the meat cutting process. This project will look at new ways to use different meat cuts as well as co-products such as bones to deliver new products to foreign markets. Specifically, the company is looking at premium products shipped fresh for the Japanese market. This requires the product development to consider a number of challenges including regulatory limits, preservation methods and flavor development suitable to a Japanese consumer market. Red River College's Prairie Research Kitchen Technology Access Centre will conduct practical, applied research in conjunction with HyLife processing and market development team to identify key product development attributes for two new product lines: fully, cooked pork pieces suitable for pulled pork applications with a minimum two months shelf-life, and pork bone broth or concentrate in ready-to-use packages. The research team must look at suitable ingredients to provide the requested shelf-life while meeting regulatory and import regulations for the Japanese market.The partnership with HyLife provides students and staff at Red River College an opportunity to work with a successful global company on their product development needs. This partnership sets the stage for future opportunities for students and staff to engage with HyLife through employment opportunities for students, and further product development projects. Large, multi-national companies make up less than 5% of the total agri-food companies in Manitoba, which makes it a rare opportunity to involve students in foreign market product development as well as an opportunity to work with the management team of a large food company.