So, how about a startup for baby food / prenatals that shows transparent, third party testing for plastic compounds and heavy metals? I'm serious, would love to do this.
I love this idea. I hope to see this type of testing for everyday food as well. Here are some hurtles you might run across
* Can you source low plastic baby food, or low plastic food to process into baby food? Seems like large quantities of the food supply are contaminated.
* How can you comparatively advertise your low test results compared to the competition without being the victim of lawsuits? Lawsuits from established companies feels inevitable, but being involved in a lawsuit can harm funding rounds for startups, even if it’s baseless.
* Would brick & motor stores want to deal with you if you are essentially calling the rest of their products poison?
* Will you need special tools for processing the food that introduces minimal plastics?
For your third question -- there are already lots of products on the market in certain stores (Costco, Whole Foods, co-ops) that have third party testing or claims about purity.
bitmasher9|1 year ago
* Can you source low plastic baby food, or low plastic food to process into baby food? Seems like large quantities of the food supply are contaminated.
* How can you comparatively advertise your low test results compared to the competition without being the victim of lawsuits? Lawsuits from established companies feels inevitable, but being involved in a lawsuit can harm funding rounds for startups, even if it’s baseless.
* Would brick & motor stores want to deal with you if you are essentially calling the rest of their products poison?
* Will you need special tools for processing the food that introduces minimal plastics?
glial|1 year ago