Food in the Hood Amanda Sia and Ben Ma

Amanda and Ben are back with another episode of Food in the Hood! It took 4.5 years for the hosts to get to the topic of nutrition as impacted by processed foods. The hosts discussed how processed foods are engineered to promote consumption, the long-term effects of alternative food ingredients, and the health sacrifice for protecting environment.



The news about consuming microplastics https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/31/us/microplastic-credit-card-per-week/index.html




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Amanda and Ben returned back on air to discuss once again, food packaging! The hosts shared pictures of their groceries and talked about the packages that came with them. The episode then drifted into a discussion about personalization and its impact on food packaging and consumer good innovations. Give it a listen to find out more about the details.

Picture of the groceries




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Amanda and Ben came back on air to discuss food packages. Amanda proposed the triangle rule of food packaging to connect cost, environmental impact, and convenience. The hosts then came up with a food packaging challenge, of which they will follow up in the next episode.

Read about WUR's coffee cup story: https://www.wur.nl/en/about-wur/our-values/sustainable-business-operations/from-coffee-cup..-to-toilet-paper.htm


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Amanda and Ben dedicate the last episode of 2022 to beverages! Amanda shared the beverage trends of ready-to-drink cocktails and her recent conference experience at BevNet Live. The host then turned to ChatGPT and asked the AI to formulate some drinks.

https://www.bevnet.com/

Gamer drinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzkl-KfKxwU&ab_channel=ShortCircuit

 

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Amanda and Ben return on air to discuss food price increases around the world. The hosts shared their experiences of food inflations in the US and the Netherlands. They also talked about the in-house brands from grocery stores, eating habit changes due to food inflation, and the Napa cabbage index! 

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In this episode, Amanda and Ben talked about mushrooms from many aspects. They discussed the role of fungi in nature, mushroom in meat analogues, mushroom as adaptogens, and their favorite mushroom dishes! 

Fantastic Fungi: https://fantasticfungi.com/

The CRISPR mushroom: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/crispr-mushrooms-coming-soon

Fried enoki: https://www.oetker.com.my/my-en/our-recipes/r/crispy-fried-enoki

香菇脚 (mushroom leg): https://www.douguo.com/cookbook/1485910.html

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