{"podcast":{"title":"Just Ingredients","slug":"just-ingredients-1576900","podcast_index_feed_id":1576900,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TTNSR6312414304","website_url":"http://www.justingredients.us","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/89b4a3fc-4941-11ef-b77b-ebdf866b8dc0/image/45fa678c836f5898904ede03b1147937.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Just Ingredients","episode_count":238,"summary":"The Just Ingredients Podcast, a place to find all the best ingredients for life. Karalynne Call, creator and owner of the popular Instagram account and product line Just Ingredients, talks about all things nourishing for the mind, body, and soul. Karalynne believes that nature provides the necessary nutrition in order for people to live healthy, happy lives full of energy and inspires others to make a change in their eating habits and daily product use. With the help of her guests, Karalynne shares tips and tricks, how-to’s, and why’s behind choosing better, whole, non-toxic ingredients for your family and healing your body and mind from within.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T02:20:30.811781+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/just-ingredients-1576900"},"episode":{"title":"What Our Food Scientist Won't Buy at the Supplement Store w/ Ruston Pack","slug":"what-our-food-scientist-won-t-buy-at-the-supplement-store-w-ruston-pack","published_at":"2026-07-06T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/just-ingredients-1576900/what-our-food-scientist-won-t-buy-at-the-supplement-store-w-ruston-pack","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/just-ingredients-1576900","url":"https://chrt.fm/track/2FD522/traffic.megaphone.fm/TTNSR8330239506.mp3","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/2FD522/traffic.megaphone.fm/TTNSR8330239506.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I sit down with Ruston Pack, our Food Scientist and Director of Quality and Regulatory at Just Ingredients, who's spent 7 years in R&D, manufacturing, and food science, and has seen firsthand some of the wildest things that happen behind the scenes in the supplement industry. Ruston pulls back the curtain on what's actually happening inside a supplement bottle between the day it's made and the day you take it, and some of it might surprise you. Here are a few of my biggest takeaways from our conversation: Supplement labels don't work like you think We talk about the difference between a Nutrition Facts Panel and a Supplement Facts Panel, and why that distinction matters. Ruston breaks down whether the amount listed on a label is exactly what's in the product, and whether companies only have to hit that number on day one, or all the way through the expiration date. Why supplements break down over time Light, oxygen, moisture, heat — supplements are fighting a slow battle against all of it from the moment they're manufactured. We get into why certain ingredients are especially hard to keep stable, and what you can look for as a consumer. Gummies are the hardest format to get right If you've ever wondered why your gummy vitamins taste a little different bottle to bottle, this is why. We talk about why water is the enemy of stability, what actually happens to melatonin and other actives as gummies sit on a shelf, and why some companies use large overages to compensate. Ruston also gets into the creatine conversation, and why the gold-standard powder form gets tricky the moment it's mixed into a gummy or a drink. How to shop smarter We close out with the practical part: what to actually look for on a label, what separates a company that's cutting corner…","meta_description":"In this episode, I sit down with Ruston Pack, our Food Scientist and Director of Quality and Regulatory at Just Ingredients, who's spent 7 years in R&…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2076,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/just-ingredients-1576900/episodes/what-our-food-scientist-won-t-buy-at-the-supplement-store-w-ruston-pack/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/just-ingredients-1576900/what-our-food-scientist-won-t-buy-at-the-supplement-store-w-ruston-pack.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}