With every innovation in food there are policies and regulation that ensures consumer safety in the US, what are these policies? What are steps that innovators must take to ensure consumer safety. In this episode, we discuss with the Director of the Office Of Food Additive Safety at the U.S Food and Drug Administration. This episode include excerpts from the fireside chat that took place at the FoodNiche Global Health Summit last year. In this conversation Dr. Keefe, he shares how they work with innovators to ensure consumer safety and more.

In the past few years we have witnessed innovation in the alternate protein industry with new products emerging on the shelves on a regular basis.

This episode creates opportunity for people to learn more about the different new and innovative sources of protein, potential problems and how to handle them.

This is a panel conversation recorded at the Foodniche Global Health Summit 2021. The panel conversation by a panel of experts includes:

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In the past few years, technology has made it easy for consumers to learn more about and their health. Helping people learn simple yet practical ways to optimize health through nutrition. On this episode will be diving into how different technology tools are being leveraged daily to help people live healthier lives. We discuss how technology can be leveraged to make informed decision, tackle food insecurity and improve overall quality of life.

 Our very special guest today is Victor Penev, he is an innovator and founder at Edamam, a food technology company that provides nutrition solution to businesses in food and health. Prior to Edamam, Victor has built and sold a company, he is also an active investor.

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In this episode we discuss Sharman Russell's research into malnutrition with the goal of understanding how to drive positive change. What is malnutrition? How prevalent is this in our community? What are we doing to tackle the issues? What can parents do to tackle this problem? These questions and more are the focus of this episode. Malnutrition is not something unique to developing countries alone, it is a problem millions of children in America deal with today and it is a problem with need to tackle now.

As health awareness increase and more consumers look to optimize their health by paying attention to what they eat, the market place is changing. Reports by persistence market research projected that phytochemical market will grow by 4.7% year over year to a $5.2 billion by 2019, as curiosity and scientific discovery of health benefits of these compounds increase. What does the future hold with regards to beverage innovation? As health awareness increase and consumer preferences shift to favor “good for you” products, how will the industry change in the coming years to integrate phytochemicals and reduce sugar and synthetic additives?

In this episode, Dr. Karin Van Het Hof, Snr. Director of Research and Development at PepsiCo joins us to share about her work and how PepsiCo is innovating to meet consumer needs for healthier products.

In this episode we are discussing the how parents, grandparents, teachers ...everyone can educate and inspire the next generation to make healthier dining choices.

The episode starts by discussing why it is important to prioritize nutrition education. This episode also shares practical steps that can help children learn and make healthier dining choices. Two young boys also joined the conversation to share practical ways parents and teachers can help children learn to make healthier food choices.

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You may have heard the term food as medicine repeatedly and not sure exactly what it means. In this episode you will listen to a panel of experts discuss the fundamental of food and how people can create healthier lives by understanding their body.  They will discuss in practical terms how people can learn about their body leveraging technology and how food choices play important role in health outcomes.

This panel conversation was recorded at the FoodNiche Global Health Summit 2021.

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In this episode we discuss with an engineer leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance personalized nutrition. In this episode he describes how a personal health challenge led him to starting a company to solve an important problem for him and many others. Our special guest is Victor Chapela, the founder and CEO of Suggestic. (Suggestic.com)

“Victor Chapela has over 25 years of IT experience and entrepreneurship. During this time, he has founded and led 6 technology companies in the United States and Mexico. As the founder and CEO of these companies, he has mainly been involved in the design and development of software products and specialized services for the financial industry and large corporations. His latest companies: Sm4rt Security Services and Sm4rt Predictive Systems were both acquired in 2014. Mr. Chapela is an active angel investor and mentor in the Silicon Valley area. His main expertise lies within the area of information security, risk modeling, predictive analytics and machine learning. He is co-author and contributor of courseware, study material and papers for SANS, OWASP, ISACA, Springer and several other organizations and media companies. He is a frequent speaker at international events and is frequently featured in business and trade magazines, television and radio”.

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Snacks are something most people look forward to between meals especially earlier in the day. Having nourishing snacks that align with your health goals is always desirable. In this episode, Lisa Curtis shares her journey to building Kulikuli Foods and the future she envisions for the snack industry.

Lisa Curtis is the Founder & CEO of Kuli Kuli, the leading brand pioneering the sustainably sourced superfood moringa. Moringa is a protein-rich leafy green, more nutritious than kale, with anti-inflammatory benefits rivalling turmeric. Kuli Kuli’s moringa powders, bars and wellness shots are sustainably sourced from African women and other small farmers around the world and sold in 11,000 U.S. stores. Lisa began working on Kuli Kuli while serving in the Peace Corps and has grown it into a multi-million dollar social enterprise. Prior to Kuli Kuli, Lisa served as the Communications Director at Mosaic where she managed a team of six to grow the company from zero to over $5M invested in solar through Mosaic’s online marketplace. Previously, Lisa wrote political briefings for President Obama in the White House, served as a United Nations Environment Programme Youth Advisor, and worked at an impact investment firm in India. Lisa was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and Inc Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders list. She has been featured in numerous outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and MSNBC's Morning Joe. 

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Have you ever been curious about microbiome, nutrition and health?

Have you heard many discuss nutrition, microbiome and weight loss but not sure how to separate the facts from myth?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this episode is one you do not want to want to miss.

Our special guest is Dr. Liping Zhao, who is a leading scientist recognized around the world for his groundbreaking work in the field of microbiome.

He is chair of Applied Microbiology at the dept of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers University. He is also the Director of the Center for Nutrition, Microbiome and health at the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, At Rutgers University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). He serves on Scientific Advisory Board for the Center for Microbiome Research and Education of the American Gastroenterology Association. (https://dbm.rutgers.edu/websites/liping-zhao/)

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