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FI Fast Break audio news: June 11, 2025

Kelly Beaton | June 10, 2025

Kelly Beaton | June 10, 2025

In this week’s food industry news in 2 minutes, we examine how Amazon is reportedly testing humanoid delivery workers.

This week’s podcast also touches on the fact that both giant food processors like Kraft Heinz and small food producers
have been using AI to reduce trial-and-error product development time, among other reasons. According to one
executive, AI “filters out 90% of the noise so you can focus on the 10% that matters,” reported Food Processing.

And, finally, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs reportedly alter the “taste perception” of users, according to a new study. Medications like Ozempic and Wegovy disrupted the perceptions of sweetness, bitterness, and fatty foods in many users, making the taste of foods that were once enjoyable “off-putting or intolerable,” especially in the early stages of treatment, reported Just Food. Full Story

The FI Fast Break podcast provides the food and beverage industry with a quick-hitting update regarding impactful news. The podcast aims to keep F&B business leaders up to date on news that can help them stay a step ahead of the competition.

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