Burcon NutraScience Corp is a technology company in the development of plant-based proteins. With over 285 issued patents and more than 250 additional patent applications, that have been developed, Burcon has grown an portfolio of composition, application, and process patents covering novel plant-based proteins derived from pea, canola, soy, hemp, sunflower seed and more. Its joint venture Merit Foods is building a protein production facility in Manitoba, Canada, where it will produce, under license, Burcon's novel pea and canola protein ingredients.