Op Ed: Frank Jaksch, CEO of Ayana Bio – Regulation of Ultra Proccessed Foods, Navigating Potential Paths Forward
Frank Jaksch is the CEO of Ayana Bio, the Boston-based company working on the production of cacao bioactives and agriculture-free saffron amongst other developments. Ayana Bio is one of an emerging group of plant cell cultivation tech firms cultivating plant cells in controlled environments, such as bioreactors, to ensure a climate-proof supply of crops such as cacao, coffee, and other at-risk crops such as cotton and spices. Jaksch has more than 25 years in life sciences and food, beverage, and dietary supplement consumer products, building dietary supplement and food ingredient company ChromaDex from the ground up and taking the company public on Nasdaq. Jaksch sits on the board of directors for the Natural Products Association and is a recognized global expert on natural products chemistry, …
