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Completes the First Field Trials of Its Cold Storable Potato Product
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 2, 2015--Calyxt, Inc., a
Minnesota-based company focusing on developing healthier food products
to benefit both consumers and farmers, today announced that it has
completed the first field trials in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan of
its cold storable potato.
A significant amount of potatoes harvested each fall are cold-stored to
ensure a continuous supply throughout the year. During cold storage,
reducing sugars can accumulate in the potatoes and when cooked at
temperatures above 250 F, the reducing sugars interact with free amino
acids to form acrylamide. The National Toxicology Program and the
International Agency for Research on Cancer considers acrylamide a
probable' human carcinogen.
Our scientists at Calyxt have inactivated the enzyme responsible for the
degradation of sugars in the tuber, thus reducing both the sweetening of
cold-stored potatoes and also the creation of acrylamide during frying.
Calyxt has previously validated the effectiveness of its cold-storable
potatoes in the greenhouse and the harvest of the multi-location field
trials is an important next step for demonstrating the cold-storable
trait from field-grown material. In addition to increasing the amount of
material to conduct commercial cold storage assays, certified seed
production is underway to facilitate a commercial launch.
"We are very pleased by the results of our field trials, that continues
to demonstrate Calyxt is an innovated player in the potato industry.
Cold-storable, non-transgenic potatoes provide a continuous, high
quality supply of potatoes and also increases the usable yield for the
French fries, potato chips and fresh market industries," said Dan
Voytas, Chief Scientific Officer of Calyxt, Inc.
Founded in 2010, Calyxt, Inc. (previously Cellectis plant sciences,
Inc.) is based in New Brighton, Minnesota (USA). The company aims to
create healthier crop products such as low trans fat soybean oil,
cold-storable potato, gluten reduced wheat and low saturated fat canola
oil for the food and agriculture industries. Calyxt is developing a
network of partnerships in order to secure accessibility of its food
products to consumers.
For further information please visit our
website: www.calyxt.com
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Jennifer Moore, VP Communications
Caitlin Kasunich / Dixon Moretz
Strategic Communications
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