Deal for Prairie Pulse includes facility in Saskatchewan.

Solutions may come in alternatives for titanium dioxide, red No. 3.

Nuria Miquel also named senior vice president.

Transaction valued at $18 billion.

The 8,611-square-foot facility will serve as hub for food innovation.

Cites focus on food security, health and well-being and sustainability.

Traces rapid progress since mid-2010s.

General Mills and Mondelez among companies to make inaugural list.

Innovators are adding value to formulations with ingredients that support energy, immunity and other benefits.

Agreement focuses on research and development of new, novel proteins for nutrition.