Nima in the News
We've been ramping up our testing of Nima, and one of our beta users in the Bay Area chatted with Oakland North about her experience using it.
CEO Shireen Yates also sat down with Fox Business and ABC 7 San Francisco to demo the device and share plans for the future.
This week, Business Insider named us one of the "top 25 hottest startups to watch in 2016." Pretty cool, considering the likes of Slack, Medium, Gusto, Postmates and more made the list.
Events
Want to see Nima up close and personal? Check out these events coming up in your neighborhood:
Oregon Section Institute of Food Technologists Food Ingredient eXpo - Monday, Feb. 22; Portland, Ore.
Food Ingredient eXpo brings local and national suppliers of food ingredients, services and equipment together with local food industry technical personnel, especially those with responsibilities in product development and quality assurance. The goal is to improve the competitiveness of the local food industry. Co-founder and CTO Scott Sundvor is giving a technical presentation at 1 p.m. - stop by and say hi after!
A Night with Nima: Get Your Gluten-Free Eat on at Pica Pica - Tuesday, Feb. 23; San Francisco, Calif.
Are you a fan of sinfully delicious gluten-free food? Want to see a demo of Nima? Come to Pica Pica in San Francisco and meet us for a free pop-up event!
Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives - Thursday, Feb. 25 - Sunday, Feb. 28; Napa Valley, Calif.
During this four-day conference, faculty members from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and other leading institutions present on the role of diet and nutrition in overall health. Shireen and Carla will be there representing Nima.
We hope to see you at one of these events next week! Next: a round-up of other interesting news tidbits from this week.
Food and Nutrition
In Food Business News, Technavio identified three emerging trends driving the gluten-free market: health and wellness, demand from millennials and increased marketing activities.
We learned that parmesan cheese could have traces of wood pulp and cheddar, even when claiming 100 percent parm!
The Wall Street Journal dives into a controversial treatment for peanut allergies.
Some of the nutrition guidelines you live by could be inaccurate, says Thrillist.
Fast Company released their annual list of most innovative companies - here are the top food companies.
Is organic more nutritious? New studies may say yes.
Business and Tech
Many health care startups are getting caught in regulatory battles - Christina Farr says it's due to the fast pace that Silicon Valley moves.
An IoT smart city is being built in New Mexico to try out all the new connected devices coming to fruition. That's a destination we'd love to visit.
Random
- Toy animals. Doughnuts. Together, in the name of art.
- Cutie pie CJ wins the Westminster Dog Show.