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    Good Food

    Meat Patents

    Gene Gagliardi was trained as a butcher and is now the president of Creativators , a food industry company that develops new and innovative ways to use underutilized meat. He holds over 30 patents for his unique cuts including the thinly sliced, frozen Steak-umm and Popeye's Rip'n Chick'n.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Gene Gagliardi was trained as a butcher and is now the president of Creativators, a food industry company that develops new and innovative ways to use underutilized meat. He holds over 30 patents for his unique cuts including the thinly sliced, frozen Steak-umm and Popeye's Rip'n Chick'n. We were first intrigued to talk to Gagliardi after reading this article about food patent laws on Slate.com.

    The full episode

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    The Science Show: Calories, Fermentation and Meat Patents
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:10Why Calories Count
    3. 16:01Naked Brewer
    4. 23:10Wild Fermentation
    5. 30:30Science and Cooking at UCLA
    6. 37:12Food Science for Dummies
    7. 44:58Meat PatentsYou’re reading this
    8. 51:47Getting Hammered at Laurel Hardware
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

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    The full episode

    7 of 8
    The Science Show: Calories, Fermentation and Meat Patents
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:10Why Calories Count
    3. 16:01Naked Brewer
    4. 23:10Wild Fermentation
    5. 30:30Science and Cooking at UCLA
    6. 37:12Food Science for Dummies
    7. 44:58Meat PatentsYou’re reading this
    8. 51:47Getting Hammered at Laurel Hardware
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