Food Purity Podcast with Karalynne Call at Just Ingredients

Last Updated on July 21, 2022 by Colleen

Karalynne Call has built one of the most influential social media networks teaching people about safer, less toxic foods and products for their families @just.ingredients.

In this episode of her Just Ingredients podcast, she talks to ZEGO’s founder Colleen about the surprising truths about food regulation.

Listen in as they discuss these topics and much more.

• the government’s current food requirements,
• the lack of transparency in the food industry,
• the important testing, and
• how consumers can vote with their dollars to inspire change.

Join Karalynne and Colleen for food industry insider info that will help you be empowered to find safer food and advocate for a cleaner food system. See the show notes below.

Focus on the foods you eat most. Reach out to those companies and ask them to provide you verification of the purity your favorite products.

Colleen Kavanagh, Founder of ZEGO and food transparency activist in interview with Karalynne Call, Just Ingredients

Show Notes

• 3:26 How ZEGO got started.
• 4:30 The story about how big food presented a brown rice krispie treat as a healthy alternative for kids.
• 6:50 The importance of consumers in forcing companies to be transparent and provide clean food.
• 8:40 Are their regulations requiring food to be clean?
• 9:50 Lead in baby food.
• 11:15 Brands need to require testing from their suppliers and farmers.
• 11:43 ZEGO’s purity verification system.
• 13:45 The difference in Certificates of Analysis and Specifications and how COAs can be misleading.
• 17:26 Glyphosate
• 22:00 How to ask brands for purity verification of their products.
• 27:25 Take action on the foods you eat most often.
• 28:00 What is greenwashing?
• 30:15 Certifications as a greenwashing tactics.
• 31:20 GMO crops.
• 32:45 How to ask for healthier food for your kids at school.
• 35:26 Is organic food cleaner than conventional food?
• 38:12 Tips for how to choose healthier food.
• 41:10 The importance of consumers in the clean food movement.