SunOpta to Present at Canaccord Adams 26th Annual Summer Seminar

Jeremy Kendall and John Dietrich will join executives from nearly200 public and private companies for the Summer Seminar, one of thelongest-running institutional events focused exclusively on growthcompanies.

"We look forward to telling the SunOpta story to some of thecountry's top growth investors at this year's Summer Seminar," saidJeremy Kendall, Chairman and CEO of SunOpta Inc.

"This year's conference marks an important occasion since our newglobal platform allows us to substantially expand the scope of theevent," said Kevin Dunn, President and CEO of Canaccord Adams Inc."The Summer Seminar strives to be a top-quality event forinstitutional clients and venture capitalists, connecting them withexcellent growth industries while also giving corporate clients accessto investing insights and valuable information. Our goal is providinga premier forum for information flow and networking for public andprivate growth companies, venture capitalists and institutionalinvestors."

The Canaccord Adams Annual Summer Seminar is one of the oldest andlargest programs showcasing both publicly traded and privately heldgrowth companies. Most of the presenting public companies are coveredby Canaccord Adams' global team of equity analysts. To learn moreabout the conference, please contact Nadine Miller at 617.371.3842 orNadine.Miller@CanaccordAdams.com.

About SunOpta Inc.

SunOpta Inc. is an operator of high-growth ethical businesses,focusing on integrated business models in the natural and organic foodmarkets. The Company has three business units: the SunOpta Food Group,which specializes in sourcing, processing and distribution of natural,organic, kosher and specialty food products integrated from seedthrough packaged products; the Opta Minerals Group, a producer,distributor, and recycler of environmentally friendly industrialmaterials; and the SunOpta BioProcess Group which engineers andmarkets proprietary steam explosion technology systems for the pulp,bio-fuel and food processing industries. Each of these business unitshas proprietary products and services that give it a solid competitiveadvantage in its sector.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this press release may constitute"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United StatesPrivate Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Theseforward-looking statements include, but are not limited to referencesto business strategies, competitive strengths, goals, capitalexpenditure plans, business and operational growth plans andreferences to the future growth of the business. These forward lookingstatements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by theCompany in light of its experience and its interpretation of currentconditions, historical trends and expected future developments as wellas other factors that the Company believes are appropriate in thecircumstance. However, whether actual results and developments willagree with expectations and predications of the Company is subject tomany risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to; generaleconomic, business or market risk conditions; competitive actions byother companies; changes in laws or regulations or policies of localgovernments, provinces and states as well as the governments of UnitedStates and Canada, many of which are beyond the control of theCompany. Consequently all forward-looking statements made herein arequalified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurancethat the actual results or developments anticipated by the Companywill be realized.