New Directions in Sports Nutrition

New Directions in Sports Nutrition

Author: www.preparedfoods.com August 28, 2023 Duration: 18:36
David Feder, Prepared Foods' Executive Editor-Technical interviews Marie Spano, MS, RDN, LD, CSCS, sports nutritionist and founder of Spano Sports Nutrition Consulting. Spano is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, sports nutritionist, and has acted as the major league sports nutritionist for the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Thrashers, the Blackzillians mixed martial arts team, the Chicago Cubs, and the Atlanta Braves, seeing them through to their 2021 World Series Championship. She shares her Top Five (plus!) ingredients food and beverage makers should pay attention to when focusing on products targeting the sporting life.

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Podcast Episodes
Snack Tastes & Trends [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:42
Prepared Foods talks snack tastes and trends with Sally Lyons Wyatt, executive vice president & practice leader for client insights at Circana. Wyatt delivered a “State of Snacking” address at this year’s Sweets & Snacks…
Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Sustainability [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:00
Prepared Foods talks sustainability with Randi Kronthal-Sacco, senior scholar at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business; and Doug Yolen, VP, Food & Beverage, Media Center of Excellence, Circana. The two organizati…
The Down-Low on Sweet: Beverages and Dairy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:59
David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods, discusses sugar reduction in beverages and dairy products with Kristen Sparkman, Product Developer and Culinologist for CuliNEX, a leading food product developm…
The Egg Came First…Sunny Side Up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:19
Which came first, the chicken or the plant-based egg? Advances in fiber, gum, and protein manipulation have advanced hydrocolloid technology so dramatically that it is possible to make a plant-based cooked egg analog—fri…
Culture of Health [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:18
The events of the past few years have sealed cultured dairy in the minds of consumers as the primary method of attaining a healthy gut microbiome for enhanced immune function. Prepared Foods' David Feder, Executive Edito…
How Equii Formulates Bread with 10g of Protein Per Slice [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:52
Prepared Foods Chief Editor Bob Garrison talks protein with Dr. Baljit Ghotra, co-CEO and co-founder of EQUII Foods, a San Francisco Bay-area start-up whose Equii retail and foodservice breads and bread mixes boast two t…
Fruit Ingredients in Formulation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:02
If anything good came out of the three-year Covid pandemic, it would have to be the re-invigoration of healthy eating among consumers. And part of that is evident in the surge in consumers including more produce in their…
Star of the Plant Protein World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:42
David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods, interviews Tucker Garrison, co-founder of Imlak’esh Organics, Inc. and its Chi Foods company, makers of plant-based ground pork and pork chorizo analogs from th…
Botanicals for Immunity Are Growing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:06
David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods, sits down with long-time regular contributor Kerry Hughes, principal for EthnoPharm. As an ethnobotanist, herbalist, and author with a 20-year record of success…
Upcycling Fuels Food, Beverage Innovation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:23
Prepared Foods talks upcycled ingredients and sustainable food innovation with Angie Crone, CEO of the Upcycled Food Association.