Episode 115: Adam Maxwell of Voyage Foods

The Checkout speaks with Adam Maxwell, founder of Voyage Foods.

Adam Maxwell is a food scientist and entrepreneur using molecular engineering to formulate and produce nearly identical tasting analogues of popular foods such as coffee and cacao. His team does this without the use of genetically modified microorganisms and instead applies other food science techniques. https://www.voyagefoods.com

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Episode #115 Notes

1:00 - On Adam’s experience in the food industry.

4:15 - Adam’s background in science and molecular engineering.

6:15 - On creating flavors and formulations for industrial foods.

10:30 - What is the process of developing new flavors and formulations for food companies?

14:00 - Mitigating “off-notes”.

15:30 - How Voyage Foods develops food products without GMO’s.

18:00 - What’s been the response from some of your new food products?

21:00 - On labelling Voyage Foods’ unique products. Also, legal liabilities.

24:45 - Why should more people have a better understanding of food science?

30:00 - Resources for food science

On Food and Cooking, Harold McGee
Fennema’s Food Chemistry, Srinivasan Damodaran and Kirk L. Parkin