Interview with NEXTY Award winners Bezi and Leaven Instant Sourdough

This week’s episode of The Natural List shakes up our usual format! Co-host Adrienne Smith is joined by Meredith Kaufman to discuss two of our NEXTY Award winners, Bezi and Leaven Foods. On-site at the inaugural CPG Innovation Day Content Creation Studio, Adrienne and our team captured mini-interviews with brands attending Natural Products Expo West in 2026. These interviews were recorded before these brands knew they were NEXTY Award winners. That big reveal would come later in the week during our NEXTY Awards Ceremony. If you listen closely, you can tell that Adrienne is having a hard time keeping the secret! Adrienne talks to Ilay Karateke, co-founder of Bezi, and Cameron Martino, ceo of Leaven Foods. For more information on these incredible brands, listen to this week’s episode! Thank you to our sponsors, A Greener World, Lakanto, Daabon, Advantage Solutions and A Greener World. Enjoy our vodcasts here or on YouTube. Prefer to tune in via podcast? Join us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.