A nutritional therapist weighs in on gut health, food labels and ultra-processed foods

What should you look for on a food label – and what does it tell you about your everyday food choices? Nutritional therapist Hannah Kaye and Woolworths product developer Christelle van Zyl join Sibongile Mafu and Steve Steinfeld to unpack gut health, added sugar and processed versus ultra-processed foods.

In Season 2, Episode 1 of What’s the Difference? A Woolies Food Podcast, we turn over the packet and explore what goes into the foods we buy. From Greek-style yoghurt and kefir to breakfast cereals, fibre and fermented foods, the conversation connects nutrition with real-life shopping, budgets and taste.

Hannah discusses why more fibre doesn’t suit everyone, the connection between the gut and brain, and simple food swaps. Christelle takes us behind the scenes of Woolworths product development, including the Gut Club range – and reveals what happened when the team removed sugar from its iced teas.

Subscribe for more conversations about food, and tell us in the comments: what’s the first thing you check on a food label?

Episode details

What’s the Difference? A Woolies Food PodcastSeason 2, Episode 1Brought to you by Woolworths.Produced by Pop24Published by Woolworths TASTE  Hosts: Sibongile Mafu and Steve Steinfeld

Guests: Hannah Kaye, nutritional therapist; Christelle van Zyl, Woolworths

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Show notes

In this episode

Hosts Sibongile Mafu and Steve Steinfeld welcome nutritional therapist Hannah Kaye and Woolworths product developer Christelle van Zyl for a conversation about gut health and the choices we make in the supermarket. Together, they explore how nutrition advice translates into everyday meals and how food developers balance ingredients, convenience and flavour.

What should you check on a food label?