# Canada and Manitoba invest $2.5 million in Merit Functional Foods plant protein facility

The governments of Canada and Manitoba will invest up to $2.5 million cost-shared funding to support new technologies in Merit Functional Foods' new plant protein production facility in Winnipeg, creating up to 85 jobs in Phase 1.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-08-17
- Where: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Value: $1.90M (2.50M CAD)
- Jobs: 85
- Status: announced
- Products: plant protein
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Merit Functional Foods](https://endata.com/companies/49314.md)
- [Government of Canada](https://endata.com/companies/1351.md) (investor)
- [Government of Manitoba](https://endata.com/companies/27518.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [canada.ca](https://www.canada.ca/en/agriculture-agri-food/news/2020/08/governments-of-canada-and-manitoba-announce-25-million-to-support-merit-functional-foods.html), 2020-08-20: "This investment will bring new technology into the production process for Merit Functional Foods new plant protein processing facility allowing them to be competitive on the global market, and creating up to 85 local jobs as part of their Phase 1 project"

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