Ingrained Insights Podcast

What started out as a labor of love in the Reamers home kitchen has become a rapidly growing national snack brand. Specializing in sweet potato chips cooked in avocado and coconut oils and sprinkled with creative seasoning blends, the company’s products are attracting consumers and winning awards.

Consumers aren’t just interested in healthier eating—often, they are seeking out foods that deliver a specific benefit, such as improved heart health. Colindres, BENEO’s nutrition communication manager for North America, explains how bakery and snack producers can hit the mark and deliver with their products.

Baking is not a business for the faint of heart, and the challenges of the past few made that saying truer than ever. Experience baker Gordon and husband Hartong spoke with SF&WB Chief Editor Jenni Spinner to share how creative thinking and perseverance helped carry the Brooklyn-based bakery through some very tough times.

Serving as director of sustainability at the almond growers collective seems like a great career fit for Sonke—as a kid growing up on his family’s almond farm, he knows a lot about almonds and environmental stewardship. In this podcast, he talks about the organization’s mission and dispels some common misconceptions around the sustainability of almonds.

Brett Parker of SF&WB sat down with Lioy, Dawn’s chief people officer, to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion work at the company. He highlights how a bakery company can successfully implement DEI efforts, what to do if such programs are challenged, and how to be innovative in shaping new techniques.

After decades in the baking business, the Ozery family is going against the grain—literally. First, the Ozery Bakery’s SeedWise offshoot came out with grain-free granolas. Now, the company has launched better-for-you cookies that promise better taste. We chatted with CEO/founder Guy Ozery to get the scoop.

Ingrained Insights sits down with Pork King Good Owner Lauren Koston as we explore the unorthodox tastes of her company's snack products. We discuss how to come up with innovative flavors, the struggles of growing an independent snack company, and the benefits of joining SNAC International.

Founder and CEO Poorvi Patodia started the company 11 years ago, on a mission to create healthy snacks for her family that actually tasted good. Now, the chickpea-centric snack purveyor’s wares can be found across the country at Target, Whole Foods Market, Kroger, and more. We chatted about her journey from the kitchen to nationwide retail shelves, and what the producer has planned.

It is never too early to think of holiday bakery offerings. In this podcast, Hornev tells SF&WB’s Brett Parker all Dawn Exceptional Majestic Gingerbread Cake Donut Mix, a hybrid of two delicious bakery tastes fused into doughnut heaven. We discuss the inception of the product, keeping doughnut ideas fresh, and future baking goods her company is focusing on.

After Jerrod Adkins set out to create low-carb, high-protein bread, he and his team spent seven years coming up with a recipe, fine-tuning and tweaking it until they were satisfied with the balance of flavor, nutrition, texture, and clean label. The UnbelievaBuns founder spoke with SF&WB about the journey, and plans for the brand’s future.