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Mushrooms are suddenly everywhere. Products ranging from functional beverages to mood-changing supplements have popped up in media, online, and in-market. What’s the difference between functional mushrooms and adaptogens? Do they really work?

Mushrooms are suddenly everywhere. Products ranging from functional beverages to mood-changing supplements have popped up in media, online, and in-market. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Tyler Huggins, CEO and Co-Founder of Meati Foods, about their debut product line of cutlets and steaks made from mycelium mushroom root. The whole-food protein meat is cultivated using a modernized version of ancient and natural processes, with thew intention of helped preserve Ear...

Are you a content creator looking to impact change and support Black owned businesses? There’s an app for that. Spicy Green Book. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with returning guest Danilo Batson, about the success and growth of Spicy Green Book, a directory of Black-owned food and hospitality businesses. The non-profit organization uses volunteers, like photographers and designers, to work with business to create the content and listings.

It has been said on this podcast that we are in an unprecedented time of investment in the food tech space. Companies that get funding today make the products you will see in stores tomorrow. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talk with Fazeela Abdul Rashid of Revolution Growth about how she evaluates companies for investments.

Meet the Forbes 30 Under 30 Food & Drink class of 2023. The annual list identifies and applauds young innovators and entrepreneurs who are redefining the way we eat, drink, and think about food. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Forbes Under 30 editors Chloe Sorvino and Kristin Stoller abut the trends and companies on this year's list.

Following Tech Bites tradition, the last show of the year is a look forward into the next year. What’s the trend we’re predicting for 2023? Food tech for mindfulness. On this episode, Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Bryan Litman, co-founder of Hasu Flower, a 3D-printed micro-meditation tablet that engages your senses to “pause, smell and (mouth) feel.” During the pandemic he developed Hasu, a dissolvable meditation tablet to center your mind and cultivate a moment of mindfulne...

Following Tech Bites tradition, the penultimate episode of the year is always a look back. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks about 2022 with returning guest Krystle Mobayeni, founder and CEO of BentoBox. She brings a first look at the just released BentoBox 2022 Restaurant Trends Report, an analysis of critical data from more than 14,000+ restaurants worldwide.

Virtual reality engages our senses of sight and sound. But what about taste and smell? If you could eat art and music… what would it taste like? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with artist Mattia Casalegno and Kathleen Forde, senior curator of Superblue, about Aerobanquets RMX, the world’s first mixed reality, immersive gastronomy experience.

Where’s my cheese? The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is currently testing food-safe, digital labels on its cheese wheels. The p-Chip micro transponders deliver previously unseen levels of traceability, inventory tracking and control, product authentication, quality-assurance testing, product serialization, and consumer safety.

The rate of restaurant tech evolution seems to get faster and faster, with consumers adopting new behaviors and desires with every new app they download. How can restaurants keep up with market demands and use tech to make their business more efficient and profitable? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks to Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn, the authors of Delivering the Digital Restaurant.