161: What do insect protein, next-gen dairy alternatives, e-sports nutrition and umami have in common?

<div>Some of the largest ingredients companies are leading the way with food and drink innovations that will feed the future. In this special edition of the Table Talk podcast we look back to conversations we've had with Cargill, Gelita, Givaudan and Ÿnsect to find out how they're developing the flavours to support consumer trends.<br> <br> Find out why insect protein could be the future of sports nutrition, how e-sports athletes are gaining an edge through supplements, how umami can be harnessed to improve flavour and what challenges still need to be conquered in order to expand the world of dairy alternatives as host Stefan Gates joins the leading names from the ingredients world.<br> <br> <strong>About our guests<br> </strong><br> <strong><br> Antoine Hubert, Chairman &amp; CEO, Ÿnsect</strong> </div> <div> <br> Antoine is <a href="http://www.ynsect.com/en/">Ÿnsect’s</a> Chairman and CEO. He also leads the cooperative insect industry association, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) and is Board Member of Protéine France consortium and LFD. Prior to co-founding Ÿnsect, Antoine worked on scientific projects in environmental risk assessment, biomass and plastics recycling. He is an agronomy engineer graduate from AgroCampus-Ouest and AgroParisTech. Together with Alexis, he co-founded NPO WORGAMIC and the company ORGANEO.<br> <br> <strong><br> Franziska Dolle, Gelita</strong> </div> <div> <br> Franziska Dolle (<a href="http://M.Sc">M.Sc</a>.) is a nutritional scientist and an expert for collagen peptides, who is always focused on and passionate about empowering people to improve their nutritional and active lifestyle.</div> <div> <br> Her goal is to implement population-wide health promotion concepts and effective measures for disease prevention. In pursuit of this goal, she examined the importance of protein intake to prevent sarcopenia – the muscle loss in the elderly.</div> <div> <br> For the last five years Franziska has co-created and implemented innovative lifestyle nutrition prod