Heather Sachs, MS, RD, is a dietitian with expertise working in science & regulatory affairs for some of the most relevant food companies of our time, including Coca-Cola, KIND, and Blue Apron. We discuss everything about the business of science and regulatory affairs at CPG food & beverage companies of all sizes, including: Navigating health claims on food products and packaging; what it means to be in compliance for CPG food brands; weighing the outcomes of taking risks on product labels; evaluating the efficacy and strength of the evidence before making a claim about a food product; how Heather got into this line of work, and what keeps her interested in helping consumers navigating food product packaging claims at the supermarket. We also talk about Heather’s experience working at KIND when they challenged the FDA’s definition of “healthy” in 2015, and what she thinks of the current proposed definition/changes to the “healthy” definition for food product packaging (released in 2022). 

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