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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 36 MIN

NutraCast: On the coca trail with the Medicine Hunter

from NutraIngredients NutraCast · host William Reed Ltd

For centuries, coca leaf has played an important cultural and traditional role in the Andes. But outside South America, the plant is far more likely to be associated with one thing: cocaine. So what happens when we separate the coca leaf from the drug made from one of its alkaloids?

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