Sound Insights From Industry Experts
The Prepared Foods Podcast serves up expert interviews that mix R&D and marketing perspectives with a balanced blend of ingredient science, formulation tips and packaging know-how. From ingredient trends, culinary perspectives and product case studies, to tech integration, regulatory updates and sustainable practices we cover what you need to be prepared in your product development journey.
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David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods media, interviews Paul Kollesoff, co-founder of The Urgent Co., makers of industry-upsetters Brave Robot animal-free ice cream and Modern Kitchen animal-free cream cheese. Real dairy products made through the process of precision fermentation-derived real dairy proteins.
Executive Editor Technical David Feder interviews Zilian Cheuk, Vice-president of Product Development, and Hugo Perez, an executive for ZenB US, Inc., makers of pastas, sauces, and snacks from yellow peas on how the company’s single-ingredient yellow pea pasta is not only an excellent mimic for wheat pasta but helps promote digestive health, a key aspect of immunity.
Prepared Foods talks all things sugar reduction—from ingredients to formulation strategies—with Lindsay Wisener. Wisener is the owner and principal at WiseBev, a beverage development consultancy specializing in better-for-you beverages. In this podcast, Wisener identifies some of the most active beverage categories for sugar reduction, interesting new finished products, new ingredient options and strategies for overall formulation.
Gwendolyn Wyard of the Organic Trade Association helps to define regenerative agriculture and how it differs from organic farming.