© Submitted by Roquette A 200,000-square-foot pea-processing plant outside Portage la Prairie has been billed as the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. The French food products company Roquette went big Wednesday to play up its massive $600-million pea-processing plant, just outside Portage la Prairie. "Manitoba can be the Silicon Valley of plant protein," Dominique Baumann, managing director for Roquette in Canada, said in a video played at the open house. © Riley Laychuk/CBC Roquette conducts its own microbiology and sensory testing at the plant in Portage la Prairie. Jeremy Burks, senior vice-president of Roquette, said the plant in Portage la Prairie, about 85 kilometres west of Winnipeg, is up for the challenge.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2021 11:28 UTC