Nutrition Unmasked
Nutrition Unmasked is a podcast that will expose the truths behind the food and supplements that fuel you. We will have fun deep diving into some stories that reveal what happens behind the scenes of the nutrition industry. Your host is a product development and regulatory expert with over 20 years of experience in global nutritional products and has been a public speaker for some on the largest nutrition companies, sharing her insights and expertise in more than 15 countries around the world.
Nutrition Unmasked
Food of the Future or Misguided Marketing
Soylent promised to be the food of the future. Instead, it faced bans, backlash and consumer rejection. In this episode we are going to dig into how hype, bad assumptions and regulatory missteps turned a bold idea into a cautionary tale.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/
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