Alt-Meat Managing Editor Melissa Sorrells reflects on her first IFT FIRST annual event and expo — and the amazing alt-meat industry folks she met.
While I’m technically super new to the alt-meat sector, I have a lot of experience with and knowledge about food science, nutrition and consumer packaged goods from my previous life in consumer magazines. But one of my biggest blind spots has been ingredients — I just never had the opportunity to interact with that side of the business in any way.
But after two and a half days walking the floor at McCormick…