010: Healthy Treats Never Tasted So Sweet with Maile Swint and Percy Swint

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“[The difference lies in] the good quality ingredients and keeping it simple.” </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Maile Swint</span> <strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Don't try to imitate your competitors too much because you don't know what type of leverage they have, what type of talent that they have on staff.  Find out what you’re capable of and try to save as much as possible- at the same time, creating a quality product.” -</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Percy Swint</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who says healthy food can’t taste great? Of course, we want to eat healthy, but taste is also as important. As humans, we eat to live and feel satisfied. That’s what our 10,000 taste buds are for! </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.canelepantry.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Canelé Gourmet Pantry</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a dessert company that offers organic, vegan-friendly, and gluten-free treats. The ingredients used include organic coconut oil and </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">adaptogens, such as reishi mushrooms and Maca root (also called Peruvian Ginseng). Adaptogens are botanicals that aid the body in fighting off biological and chemical stressors, balance hormones, increase endurance, and promote anti-aging.  In this episode, Justine talks with Maile Swint, patissier and Founder of Canele, along with her husband, Percy Swint.  Percy Swint serves as Canele’s Creative Director.  As a patissier, Maile shares the secret to creating desserts that are healthy, tasty, and shelf-stable (without the use of preservatives.)  With almost a decade of experience in business design and development, Percy shares strategies on how to make business processes easier and more efficient.  As a partner to Maile, Percy helped grow the business with tools and strategies for time management, ingredient/recipe efficiency and order fu