As consumers shift their preferences toward healthier food options, there is ripe opportunity for innovators in the CPG snack market. This week, we are joined by NutriPop co-founders Ujaswin Jain and Audrey Chung to talk food is health, student entrepreneurship and seizing the moment. We get into:
- How the NutriPop team came together on the campus of the University of Notre Dame
- What popped water lily seeds are and how they become a nutritious snack
- The company’s participation in AgriNovus’ Velocity accelerator and how that experienced helped drive NutriPop forward in 2025
- After winning the Food is Health track for Velocity, NutriPop’s successes, wins and momentum on market
- NutriPop’s differentiation and what makes them unique in the food is health space
- The tough realities of the CPG market and why they chose to enter as entrepreneurs
- Advice they would offer to young student entrepreneurs heading down a similar path
- What’s ahead for NutriPop
