Healthy Hustle Spotlight

About Healthy Hustle Spotlight

Join us on Healthy Hustle Spotlight, where we elevate the voices of industry leaders, innovative companies, and unique investors in the health and wellness space. Each episode dives deep into the inspiring stories behind the brands shaping the better-for-you consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape. We unpack the latest trends, share valuable leadership insights, and foster connections across the industry.

Publisher

Ariana Korman

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Nov 2024

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Finding Your Moat, Building an Investable Brand, and the State of Early-Stage CPG Funding

   Lauren Wall spent a decade as an M&A lawyer representing CPG companies before crossing over to build and invest in the space herself, first with Funhaven, a snack brand she ultimately chose to walk away from, and now as a co-founder of Bocca Bocca while actively angel investing. In this episode, she breaks down what separates a true competitive moat from an overhyped one, what makes a brand investable to institutional capital, and why the pool of founders getting early checks is shrinking even as consumer valuations climb.

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Le Prunier: Building an Ingredient House and the Future of a Multi-Generational Brand

   Allison Taylor, co-founder of Le Prunier, joins the show to unpack how her family's fourth-generation dried plum farm turned a discarded byproduct into a patented ingredient platform with 16 proprietary innovations. She shares how staying self-funded shaped Le Prunier's product cadence, why they waited years before pursuing retail partners like Sephora, and how the family is now thinking through succession and legacy for a business tied to the land itself. It's a look at building a category from scratch, and building it to last.

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Tamarind Heads: Disrupting a Stagnant Category with a Global Superfood and Building a Platform Brand

   Brittney Lim, co-founder of Tamarind Heads, joins us to break down how a globally beloved but underused ingredient became the base for an award-winning barbecue sauce. Tamarind Heads went from a homemade family recipe to a Sophie Gold winner, and Brittney walks through the deliberate retail strategy that followed, starting in Central Market in Texas to prove the product against serious barbecue credentials before expanding region by region. The conversation covers what's broken in the legacy barbecue category, why flavor had to lead over health positioning, how regional consumer behavior is reshaping the brand's packaging and messaging, and the long-term vision to turn tamarind into a platform ingredient across multiple product categories.

Who has been a guest on Healthy Hustle Spotlight

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Thomas Odermatt
• Rachel Krupa
• Ruth Fittock
• Sam Moore
• Katie Cella

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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