Be Innovative 01 - How to create and use abillion data sources in the Food Industry | Vikas Garg

Episode 01 with Vikas Garg, Founder and CEO of abillion. Vikas joins the podcast to share his thoughts and insights into the world of data from the vegan space, tackling sustainability issues and what the future of the vegan space will look like for both consumer and businesses. Be Innovative is a podcast by Budding Innovation. For more information on Budding Innovation, visit www.budinno.com Timestamps 0:00 Coming up on the podcast 01:06 Opening Sequence 01:18 Intro 01:33 Meet Vikas Garg, Founder and CEO of abillion 02:08 Finding Purpose 04:23 The dog that changed his mind and his life 04:59 The cost of making food 11:41 187 countries and counting 12:09 Explore how an app can bring a vegan community together 19:16 Meat Free Mondays in the highest meat consuming country in the world 20:13 The community grows with even the smallest user base 22:32 abillion's disruption factor - User Equity 24:06 Data in the F&B Business Space 31:37 As an industry, we haven't understood what sustainability is all about 35:51 Does cell-based meat fall under the Vegan category? 39:35 Possibilities for vegan cell-based meat 39:52 Tabling opinions about meat substitutes in the vegan industry 45:54 What are the major challenges that the vegan industry is facing right now? 50:33 The 10 Year Question 52:25 The trend of Vegan pet food 55:27 Closing Thoughts