Omnivore

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EP 69: UPFs and the Queston of Hyper-Palatability, Revisiting Reusable Packaging
Purdue Universitys Richard Mattes chats with consulting nutrition scientist Lisa Sanders about the concept of hyper-palatabilityfoods designed with specific combinations of fat, sugar, and salt that may override natural satiety signalsand discuss what
EP 68: How Plantible Foods Is Unlocking the Power of Plants, IFT FIRST 2025 Trendspotting
Entrepreneur Tony Martens shares the story of IFT 2025 pitch competition winner Plantible Foodsfrom the early rough days living on-site in a trailer to the companys recent success commercializing its plant-based protein ingredient. Food Technologys edi
Omnivore Presents: SciDish | Delivering Nutrition in Every Bite: The Science of Healthier, Tastier Foods | SEPT 2025
In this episode, we bring together three food and nutrition experts to talk about the latest science behind foods and ingredients that pack a nutritional punch while tasting great. Dr. Kirstie Canene-Adams, director of Ingredions Nutrition Center, Global
EP 67: Scaling Food As Medicine, Redesigning the Way We Eat
In a special segment, recorded at the Hot Topics Studio stage at IFT FIRST 2025, were listening in as The Rockefeller Foundations Dana Thomas talks with IFTs Anna Rosales about scaling up food as medicine programs into sustainable models that can reach
EP 66: Navigating Supply Chain Volatility, How AI is Supercharging Food Product Development
Food industry experts Darryl Riley and Arlin Wasserman share their insights and expert tips on how to create and build resilient and adaptive supply chains to help overcome the operational and economic challenges of todays volatile business environment.
Omnivore Presents: SciDish | Research Integrity in Scholarly Publishing | AUG 2025
Researchers are under increasing pressure to publish or perish in the academic ecosystem, which leads some to employ unethical practices to increase their publication metrics. With so many scandals rocking the research worldmass retractions, paper mill
EP 65: Talking With a Cultivated Meat Innovator, MAHA at IFT FIRST
Bianca L, a cell biologist and head of special projects at Mission Barns, shares the story of the groundbreaking startups path to the creation of cell-cultivated pork fat. Martin Hahn, a regulatory attorney and partner at Hogan Lovells, and Maha Tahiri,
EP 64: Open Innovation for Food System Transformation, Decoding Consumers’ Food Behaviors
EIT Foods Adam Adamek shares why open innovation is essential to solving food system challengesand how startups, corporates, and researchers can collaborate more effectively to turn breakthrough science into real-world impact. June Jo Lee explains how f
Omnivore Presents: SciDish | JULY 2025: The Scientific Skinny on Sugar Reduction
Consumers havent soured on the low- and no-sugar trend. Food and ingredient manufacturers are heeding the call, looking to reformulate or develop reduced and zero-sugar product lines at a record pace. In this episode, Renee Leber and Lisa Sanders provide
EP 63: Have We Made Food Too Tasty?, Exploring the MAHA Report
Behavioral science researcher Dave Lundahl proposes a solution to the problem of food product hyper-palatability, which is believed to be a significant contributor to the obesity crisis. In the wake of the recent high-profile Make America Healthy Again re