Our co-host Steve Molino breaks down evrrything he and Sonalie Figueiras cover in this week's episode - listen now!
A lot to talk about this week with Sonalie Figueiras, but one thing that stood out to me most was the interesting lawsuit against Dunkin' stating that charging more for plant-based milks discriminates against people with lactose intolerance. 🥛 The argument is that lactose intolerance falls under the American with Disabilities Act, and if that's true, I actually think this lawsuit has some legs to it Will be really interesting to see how this plays out, and I'd be so curious to hear what legal experts in the food space think - Mathilde Do Chi Ⓥ, LL.M., Hillary Hughes We also talk about: 🍼 Yali Bio creating the world's first breast milk fat made from yeast via precision fermentation. The need for positive change in the infant nutrition space is undeniable, so we dig into this development for Yali Bio and also hit on thoughts about others in the space, such as Sprout Organic Nutrition on the plant-based side. - Yulin Lu, Selasi Berdie, Nadia Schilling 🐨 This also uncovers an odd phobia of Sonalie's - koala bears and kangaroos 🍫 Planet A Foods secures a new round of Series A funding, so we dig into the chocolate alternative space and where we see opportunity 💲 We end on a positive with Heura Foods raising a large Series B round, showing that, when built right and with the customer in mind, there is still opportunity and investor appetite in the plant-based alternatives space 🎧 Link to the full episode in the comments Read the full Green Queen Media newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/etZDRYPr