Navigating Compliance and Innovation in the Food Industry: A Conversation with Eden Butvinik, Food Scientist

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In this episode of the Food Tech Talk podcast, host Lydia Adams speaks with Eden Butvinik, a business owner, food scientist and photographer. Eden works for themself through Eden Butvinik Consulting, and in this conversation, they share how their work in the food industry works in tandem with their creative tendencies. Their grasp of the consumer-led trends moving through the industry with regards to flavor and product development gives us a thought-provoking insight into not only the food technology landscape today, but how it may shape up going forward. Eden’s background in art and photography offers them a uniquely visual perspective into product development that they use to help their customers envision their product as it will look at the end of the product development process. They note that the rise of AI could impact the work of food scientists as food business owners look for AI-designed recipes for inspiration - how up to scratch these recipes will be in terms of handling and compliance is an area of concern for Eden.

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