What is Kanadal?

Kanadal is dehulled green lentils with yellow cotlyedons that have been grown, cleaned and dehulled in Saskatchewan. Kanadal is a whole food product destined for South Asian and world markets. Kanadal is not a specific variety or seed size.

What makes Kanadal unique?

Kanadal is a unique and superior food product because of the nautrall occuring high concentration of essential micronutrients, a unique blend of selenium, iron and zinc found in Saskatchewan grown lentils. The soils of Saskatchewan are rich in these micronutrients that are taken up by lentil plants.

What doe Kanadal mean to growers?

The main thing is market expansion. India consumes about two million tonnes of pigeon pea (tur dahl) annually and this number will only increase as India's population grows at a rate of 1.8 per cent each year. SPG wants to replace at least 10 per cent of India's pigeon pea market with Kanadal branded dehulled green lentils from Saskatchewan (200,000 tonnes) in the short term, for a potential market impact of $160 million annually. As green lentil becomes a familiar food ingredient in India, the long-term demand could easily exceed 300,000 tonnes.

Why commercialize Kanadal?

By commercializing Kanadal and using the scientifically proven additional health benefits Saskatchewan soil offers to brand Saskatchewan grown, dehulled green lentils as a unique product of superior quality, SPG's goal is to see Saskatchewan producers supply the majority of the market share for dehulled greens as demand increases in India.

The Kanadal brand will provide assurance to consumers that Canadian origin dehulled green lentils will provide a guaranteed level of concentration of the essential micronutrients selenium, iron and zinc that are so important to human health.

More information on Kanadal coming soon...