The Chufa Co.

Written By Fair Finance Fund

The Chufa Co. is the only Canadian company specializing in tigernut-based products as a dairy alternative. Through the use of innovative food technology, they are creating functional, sustainable and plant-based non-dairy products such as tigernut ‘milk’ and tigernut ‘ice-cream’. Tigernuts, which are actually small tubers, have an impressive nutritional profile. They are free from all allergens, and are full of vitamins, minerals, healthy fats and most impressively, a prebiotic fibre known as resistant starch.

Financing Need

The Fair Finance Fund provided a loan to the Chufa Co. to grow and harvest their tigernut crop in Ontario, eliminating the need to import their tigernut from elsewhere.

Impact of Project Over Loan Term

  • Reduced water use with tiger nut cultivation

  • Import substitution with tiger nut variety developed for Ontario

  • Organic ingredients raised without chemical fertilizer or pesticide

Toronto • www.thechufaco.com

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