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Episode 76

Deconstructing America’s New Dietary Guidance, Unlocking Sustainable Fat Innovation

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Episode Description

With an insider’s view of how national guidance gets made, nutrition policy expert Robert Post breaks down the newly released U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, highlighting what’s truly new, what echoes past advice, and why the shifts matter. James Petrie, founder of Nourish Ingredients, explains how his company is creating animal-free fats that will allow product developers to formulate next-generation plant-based foods with better taste and mouthfeel. 

Plus: This episode of Omnivore is brought to you by Almond Board of California.

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  • Robert Post

    Robert Post

    Robert Post, PhD, is a former U.S. Department of Agriculture senior nutrition policy executive who led the team that created the MyPlate visual icon for dietary guidance. A globally recognized expert in navigating food and nutrition laws, regulations, and policies, he is the principal of consultancy FoodTrition Solutions. His career has spanned government, industry, and academia. He has a PhD in public health policy, planning, and program administration from the University of Maryland, as well as a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in food science and a master’s in education policy from the University of Maryland.

  • James Petrie

    James Petrie

    James Petrie, PhD, is founder and CEO of Nourish Ingredients, a company that uses precision fermentation to create animal-free specialty fats. Before establishing Nourish Ingredients, he spent more than a decade at Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, working as a research scientist as part of the plant oils engineering group. He has degrees from the University of Wollongong and The Australian National University.

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