Creating nature identical milk-proteins without animals - Dr. Leah Bessa (Ep#10)

If you haven't been paying attention, the plant-based movement is super exciting right now. There's a massive shift of resources, financial and intellectual, into the space helping to usher in a new healthier generation of alternative proteins.  If you're a vegan, vegetarian, or someone who thinks animal agriculture is out of hand, you'll appreciate today's guest Dr. Leah Bessa who is attempting to bring us silly humans milk proteins without all the animal suffering.  Dr. Bessa is a Food Scientist and Chief Science Officer for De Novo Diary. De Novo is a South African-based food tech company that is developing ‘nature identical’ proteins from scratch to create non-dairy infant formula. You can find out more about Dr. Bessa's work here:  https://www.denovodairy.com/

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