How is Kraft Heinz Preparing For the Future of Food?

The Spoon Podcast

For most Americans, the Kraft and Heinz brands have been ever-present in our cupboards and fridges for our entire lives. Products like Oscar Meyer hot dogs, Kraft cheese, Velveeta, and Jello. Household names all.

The company resulted from the 2015 merger between Kraft Foods and Heinz. Now the third biggest food brand in North America, we thought it would be interesting to hear how they think about innovation and reinventing their product lineup.

To do that, we sit down with Kraft Heinz's President of R&D for North America, Robert Scott.

As a part of this conversation, we talk with Robert about:

• The company's partnership with NotCo and how they are using the Guiseppe AI to develop new plant-based products.
• How he sees AI becoming interwoven into the company's product development cycles
• Why they created a Freestyle-like machine for custom condiments called the Heinz ReMix
• The idea behind the 360Crisp and innovating our food products and how they cook in our kitchens
• How Robert would advise aspiring food scientist to pursue a career path in food research and development
• And much more!

At the Food AI Summit in September in Berkeley, we will explore how big CPGs can interweave AI into their product development and discuss lessons from the front lines. You can learn more about the Food AI Summit at our website, and make sure to use the coupon code PODCAST for 15% off tickets.

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