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The Natural List podcast – Generative AI and the future of food
NotCo, a plant-based food technology company, is using artificial intelligence to bring novel meat and dairy alternatives to market. Take a listen.
New Hope Network staff
July 6, 2023
3 Min Read
Got (green, plant-based) milk? While generative artificial intellegence holds great promise for the future of CPG product formulation and marketing, tech-derived innovations also come with unique challenges. In this episode of The Natural List, Jessica Rubino and Adrienne Smith talk with Aadit Patel, vice president product engineering at NotCo, about finding the right balance of technology and humanity to scale high-performing plant-based products. Jessica and Adrienne also share which companies are using AI as a force for good by focusing on climate-friendly agriculture methods, novel botanical identification and next-level, plant-based product development.
In this episode:
4:20 - A preview of the upcoming Innovation Experience at Expo East and responsible technology in food and agriculture.
7:00 - A glimpse into how we’re looking at these new technologies.
7:55 - The importance of the human factor.
10:20 - Welcome Aadit Patel of NotCo!
11:40 - NotCo, generative AI and green milk.
13:30 - Introducing the AI tech platform Giuseppe.
15:00 - Where humanity and technology meet.
16:30 - A glimpse at the process behind the formulation.
20:35 - Is this the future of CPG?
22:30 - Aadit shares NotCo’s mission.
27:30 - NotCo is placing AI at the center of product development.
29:15 - Leaning into biodiversity.
32:25 - The most important message that consumers should hear about food technology.
37:40 - What is the long-term vision for the food industry?
42:00 - It’s time for The List with Jessica and Adrienne!
Brands featured in this episode’s segment of The List: NotCo, Eat Just, Brightseed, Climax Foods, ClimateAi and The Future Market.
Enjoy this new episode here and wherever you listen to your podcasts, including Spotify, Apple and Google.
Interested in being a guest on The Natural List? Email us at [email protected].
Our guest
About Aadit Patel
Vice President of Product and Engineering
NotCo
Aadit is VP, Product & Engineering at NotCo where he leads a team of 40 engineers, machine learning scientists, designers, and product managers to build the Giuseppe Platform—an AI system for plant-based product development. Giuseppe has helped create sustainable plant-based products, such as NotMilk, NotBurger, and NotChicken. Prior to NotCo, Aadit built robotics and machine learning applications across multiple domains including Aerospace, Adtech and Fintech, and also worked at NASA, Boeing, and Yahoo! among other startups. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science, both from UCLA.
Your hosts
About Jessica Rubino
Jessica Rubino is a natural products industry expert and content strategist with more than 15 years experience in media, events and natural products. As New Hope Network’s vice president of content, Jessica oversees digital and print content, conference programming and branded content for CPGs, retailers, investors and service providers. Jessica is passionate about using innovation as a force for good and leveraging content to spark the changes we want to see in the world.
About Adrienne Smith
Adrienne Smith is the director of content for newhope.com and the editor-in-chief of Natural Foods Merchandiser magazine where she helps ideate and produce content for natural products retailers, brands and entrepreneurs. Before coming to New Hope Network, she spent nearly two decades writing about food and beverage products and trends for the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Trade in Madrid, Spain, as well as for publications including the International Herald Tribune/New York Times and El País.
Natural Products Expo East begins Sept. 20 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. In addition to education sessions and the trade show, New Hope's Innovation Experience debuts this year. Visit ExpoEast.com for more information.
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