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How’s your gut microbiome? Are you feeding your microbiota a healthy dose of prebiotics and probiotics? Using functional foods to build a healthy digestive system for overall better health is one of the top food tech trends today. With that comes a lot of new scientific terms and concepts to try and figure out what it is and if it’s right for me. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Marc Washington about how he founded Supergut in honor of his sister, who died of complications of metabolic syndrome.

The latest appliance fighting for space on your kitchen counter is the composting machine. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Nicole Papantoniou, Director of the Good Housekeeping, Kitchen Appliances & Innovation Lab. Good Housekeeping has been on newsstands since 1865. The Institute was created in 1900 to test home products, with the first Good House Keeping Seal in 1909.

When we hear the term “plant-based” we often think the product is better nutritionally and environmentally than the animal counter-part. But plant-based is not always better, given that most products are highly processed using a litany of highly processed ingredients. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Isabel Fernández, Science & Technology Director at Heura Foods, Europe’s fastest-growing plant-based meat company.

Want a free custom soft-serve ice cream pie on your birthday at Hanoi House in NYC? That’s one of the perks that you get when you buy a Hanoi House digital collectible at FOH. NFTs and digital collectibles are the hot trend in the food tech space offering restaurants a way to create a community of supporters with fun perks and generate passive income. FOH is a new platform collaborating with restaurants to mint and sell, with 80% of the profits going back to the restaurants.

We care deeply about where our food comes from, considering the carbon-footprint of how our food is transported. But how about how it's produced? Is the production facility your food is made in net-zero? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Bread Alone Bakery CEO Nels Leader about the multi-year process of converting their original Boiceville facility into the first commercial bakery in the U.S. to operate on 100% renewable energy, without fossil fuels. Photo Courtesy of Bread Alone.