Tuesday, September 18, 2018

New products from sweet corn

Mirexus Biotechnologies Ltd. has opened a $7.2 million-dollar facility in Guelph to extract PhytoSpherix from sweet corn.

The substance has many uses, including health care and cosmetics.

The 12,000-square-foot plant in the Hanlon Creek Business Park is based on research at the University of Guelph where PhytoSpherix was discovered. It has been trademark