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29. Inside a food lab: Mattson (San Francisco)
Mattson is a food innovation company that creates food for almost all of our favorite grocery stores and restaurants. N8 grabs a bite with Mattson’s food technician Maddison Gurrola and vice president Al Banisch to discuss how they keep sustainability in mind when developing food. They dig in meat alternatives, food packaging, and upcycled byproducts from manufacturing.
Do you ever wonder where food comes from? Well, you should. Nature N8 tours a secret food lab. And it’s actually not that secret. It’s Mattson. Based in Silicon Valley.
A shoutout to PicCollage for letting us stay in their apartment in Silicon Valley!
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Host - Nate Maynard
Host - Nate Maynard
C
reator and host of Waste Not Why Not podcast, Nate Maynard is an environmental consultant working on energy, ocean, and waste issues. He is Co-Curator of Global Shapers (World Economic Forum) in Taipei, a Circular Economy Pioneer named by the Ellen McArthur Foundation, and a Fulbright Alumnus. Since 2025 he's been Director of Strategy - Sustainability at RedPeak in Taiwan.