Pulse Flour Mill & Contract Milling Services — Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Simpson Seeds operates one of Canada's newest dedicated pulse flour mills, located in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The facility — which opened August 29, 2025 — produces red lentil flour, chickpea flour, pea flour, and fava bean flour in raw, precooked, and extruded formats, and offers contract milling services to food manufacturers, ingredient distributors, and brand owners across Canada and the United States.

Built on a third-generation family business that has been processing pulses since 1979, the new mill keeps value-added pulse processing on Canadian soil — turning Saskatchewan-grown lentils, chickpeas, peas, and fava beans into functional, food-grade flours without the round-trip shipping to overseas processors that has historically defined this industry.

Looking for a Canadian pulse flour supplier or contract milling partner?

A Purpose-Built Pulse Flour Mill in the Heart of the Saskatchewan Prairies

Simpson Seeds broke ground on the new pulse flour mill in June 2024 and celebrated its grand opening on August 29, 2025, at the company's headquarters at 1170 North Service Road, Moose Jaw, SK. The facility was purpose-designed for niche, specialized pulse processing — not commodity-scale grain milling.

"We've always believed in bringing value to Saskatchewan's farmers. We're happy to announce that we're going to continue that value-added capability with a pulse processing facility." — Elyce Simpson-Fraser, President & CEO, Simpson Seeds

The mill complements Simpson Seeds' existing pulse cleaning, splitting, sorting, and packaging operations — making the Moose Jaw site one of the few locations in North America where pulses can move from grower delivery, through cleaning and milling, into precooked or extruded flour, and out to a food manufacturer's dock under a single roof and a single chain of custody.

Why It Matters for Food Manufacturers

• Saskatchewan grows roughly half the world's lentils — sourcing flour from a Saskatchewan-based mill cuts intermediaries and shortens your supply chain.
• Single-origin traceability — Simpson Seeds is also a certified seed grower and pulse processor, so every lot of flour can be traced back through cleaning, splitting, and milling within the same company.
• Reduced spoilage risk and lead time — flour milled in Saskatchewan and shipped directly to U.S. and Canadian manufacturers avoids the shipping-to-Turkey-or-Italy-and-back model that has dominated specialty pulse processing for decades.

Pulse Flours We Produce

Simpson Seeds' Moose Jaw mill produces a complete portfolio of pulse flours in raw, precooked, and extruded formats. Particle size, moisture, and functional specifications are tailored to the application.

Red Lentil Flour (Raw and Precooked)

Milled from Saskatchewan-grown red lentils, our red lentil flour is a high-protein, gluten-free ingredient widely used in plant-based snacks, pasta, crackers, gluten-free baking, and protein-fortified bakery applications. The precooked variant is heat-treated to gelatinize starches and reduce off-notes — making it ready-to-use in cold or short-process applications such as protein bars, ready-to-mix beverages, and instant soups.

• Protein: ~24–28% (typical, raw basis)
• Color: warm pink-orange
• Applications: pasta, snacks, baked goods, plant-based meat binders, protein bars

Chickpea Flour (Kabuli — Raw and Precooked)

Produced from Kabuli chickpeas grown by Saskatchewan farmers, chickpea flour (besan / gram flour) is a versatile ingredient for falafel, flatbreads, pakoras, gluten-free baking, batters, and high-protein snacks. Precooked chickpea flour offers improved digestibility, reduced beany flavor, and immediate cold-process functionality — ideal for ready-to-eat snack manufacturing and protein-enhanced bakery products.

• Protein: ~20–22% (typical, raw basis)
• Color: pale gold
• Applications: gluten-free baking, snacks, batters, ready-meals, plant-based dairy alternatives

Pea Flour (Yellow — Raw and Precooked)

Yellow pea flour is a high-fibre, high-protein ingredient with strong functional properties for thickening, binding, and protein fortification. The precooked format is engineered for cold-process and instant applications.

• Protein: ~20–24% (typical, raw basis)
• Color: pale yellow
• Applications: soups, sauces, instant mixes, plant-based meat, cereals, pet food premixes

Fava Bean Flour (Raw and Precooked)

Fava bean flour offers one of the highest protein contents in the pulse family, with neutral flavor and excellent water-binding capacity. A growing favorite in plant-based meat formulations and protein-enriched bakery.

• Protein: ~26–30% (typical, raw basis)
• Color: pale cream
• Applications: plant-based meat, high-protein bakery, pasta fortification, nutrition bars

Extruded Pulse Ingredients (Lentil, Chickpea, Fava)

The Moose Jaw mill also produces extruded pulse ingredients — lentil, chickpea, and fava — for snack manufacturers and protein-crisp applications. Extrusion improves digestibility, expands texture, and unlocks formats that simple milling cannot.

Contract Milling Services for Food Manufacturers and Ingredient Brands

Simpson Seeds offers confidential, flexible contract milling to food manufacturers, ingredient distributors, growers, and private-label brands who need pulses processed into flour to their own specifications.

What Contract Milling Includes

• Toll milling — supply your own pulses, we mill to your specifications
• Full-service milling — we source the pulses, mill, package, and ship under your brand
• Custom particle size control — fine, medium, or coarse fractions tuned to your application
• Precooking — heat treatment to gelatinize starch, reduce antinutritional factors, and deliver cold-process-ready flour
• Extrusion — for textured pulse ingredients and snack-format products
• Custom blends — multi-pulse formulations developed and milled in a single run
• Private-label packaging — bulk, tote, or bagged with your branding and specs

Who Contract Milling Is For

• Food manufacturers scaling a pulse-based product line and needing reliable Canadian supply
• CPG brands developing gluten-free, plant-based, or high-protein products
• Ingredient distributors building Canadian-sourced pulse flour SKUs
• Pulse growers and grower co-ops wanting to process their own crop into a higher-margin flour
• R&D teams running pilot batches of new pulse formulations before scaling

Run Sizes

Simpson Seeds accepts production runs from pilot/test batches through multi-truckload contracts. This flexibility is rare in pulse milling — most North American mills are built around long, single-product runs and cannot accommodate the smaller R&D and mid-volume orders that emerging brands need.

Confidentiality is standard. All contract milling work is covered by NDA on request, and proprietary formulations remain the property of the customer.

Discuss your contract milling project

Quality, Food Safety, and Certifications

Every batch produced at the Simpson Seeds pulse flour mill is governed by a documented food-safety program covering raw-material intake, in-process controls, allergen management, and finished-product release.

Active Certifications and Programs

• HACCP-certified facility — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan in place, with third-party audit certificate available on request
• FDA Registration — registered as a food facility for export to the United States
• Allergen Control Program — written allergen management policy covering cleaning, segregation, and verification
• 3rd-Party Audit Certificate — current audit on file, available to qualified buyers under NDA
• Bioterrorism Act Letter — on file for U.S. shipments

Documentation is hosted on TraceGains Gather for verified buyers, and full specification sheets, COAs, and allergen statements are provided with every shipment.

Traceability

Because Simpson Seeds is a certified seed grower, pulse processor, and pulse miller, every bag, tote, and bulk shipment can be traced back through cleaning lots, splitting lots, and — when required — back to grower of origin. This level of single-company traceability is unusual in the North American pulse industry and is a meaningful risk-reduction signal for procurement teams in regulated categories.

Packaging and Logistics

Pulse flours are available in the formats food manufacturers actually order:

Shipments move from Moose Jaw, SK across Canada and into the United States by truck and rail, and worldwide via container through West Coast and East Coast ports. Domestic Canadian deliveries typically lead-time 5–10 business days; U.S. truckload deliveries 7–14 business days depending on destination; ocean export 4–8 weeks.

How to Request a Sample or Quote

Three ways to start a conversation:

1. Request a flour sample online — tell us the flour type, format (raw / precooked / extruded), target particle size, and intended application
2. Email — ssi@simpsonseeds.com
3. Call — +1 (306) 693-2132, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. CST

For contract milling discussions, please share approximate annual volume, packaging preference, certification requirements, and target launch window — that lets us scope a meaningful first conversation rather than a generic pricing email.

About Simpson Seeds

Simpson Seeds is Saskatchewan's largest independently owned pulse crop processor and exporter — a third-generation family business founded in 1979 and headquartered at 1170 North Service Road, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The company processes lentils, chickpeas, and peas for buyers in more than 50 countries, and operates the Moose Jaw pulse flour mill as part of a broader value-added pulse strategy that includes seed growing, cleaning, splitting, packaging, and global export logistics.

Frequently Asked Questions — Pulse Flour Milling