Avena Foods Limited is expanding its gluten-free oat processing operation.

The company announcing plans Thursday to build a new processing facility in Rowatt, Saskatchewan.

Construction on the new processing facility is expected to get underway this spring, with the opening planned for 2021.

Avena Foods is a processor of Purity Protocol gluten-free oats and was founded in 2008 by pedigreed seed farmers growing gluten-free oats for people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance.