Portraits Of Purpose Podcast Ep 2: NamZ - making people healthier one meal at a time

8:13 mins

Synopsis: This is the second episode of The Straits Times' Portraits Of Purpose podcast series brought to you by DBS Bank. In this series, we speak to social entrepreneurs making a difference. Nothing shines brighter in the midst of adversity than light born of hope, courage, perseverance and generosity.

We feature Chris Langwallner, co-founder and chief executive of food start-up NamZ, a food science company dedicated towards creating a healthier planet and healthier people - one meal at a time.

How Langwallner was surrounded by the food culture and industry as an Austrian farm boy? (1:00)
What sparked a change in his mindset towards a food industry career in "making rubbish food taste good" (2:16)
How he moved to Singapore and eventually acted to create his food start-up NamZ (3:21)
How - with a new unit under NamZ called WhatIf Foods - he and his team have redesigned the quintessential Asian comfort food instant noodles, to make it healthier and free of synthetic colouring (4:22)