{"podcast":{"title":"The Food Professor","slug":"the-food-professor-1242175","podcast_index_feed_id":1242175,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Hox9Oi2V","website_url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7052712a-5e8d-4859-ad44-dbe25616454f/ae8c6be8-872f-457e-8237-2cc070842511/3000x3000/food-20professor-20concepts-20final-20copy-20high-20res.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Michael LeBlanc","episode_count":267,"summary":"Join Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax with host Michael LeBlanc as they look at the hot issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries. We'll discuss proprietary industry and consumer food related research, check out fresh new ideas and talk about half baked strategies. © 2020-2026 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:20:35.449097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175"},"episode":{"title":"FOPL Impact, Sweet Quebec Food Fraud, Kit Kat Caper (to Russia with Love?), and guest Stéphane Thuillier, CEO of SIAL Canada","slug":"fopl-impact-sweet-quebec-food-fraud-kit-kat-caper-to-russia-with-love-and-guest-st-phane-thuillier-ceo-of-sial-canada","published_at":"2026-04-09T07:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/fopl-impact-sweet-quebec-food-fraud-kit-kat-caper-to-russia-with-love-and-guest-st-phane-thuillier-ceo-of-sial-canada","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175","url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/episodes/getting-the-impact-on-ag-straight-sweet-quebec-food-fraud-kit-kat-caper-aka-to-russia-with-love-and-guest-stephane-thuillier-ceo-of-sial-canada-_ppsSSUO","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/34a41864-7f8f-466e-bd73-c7c06de4d535/4ffff844-94ca-4fef-a148-428c21b081f6/episodes/audio/group/6afe79be-c306-4059-8d7b-e076b06b8e99/group-item/7f110d2f-ad04-4869-a40a-a0d1e1001d61/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Hox9Oi2V","summary":"In this episode of The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Stéphane Thuillier, CEO of SIAL Canada, to discuss the global influence of food trade shows, emerging innovation trends, and Canada’s growing role in the international food ecosystem. The episode also explores key food industry news, including the lasting impacts of the Iran war as it winds down on food prices, maple syrup fraud in Quebec, Kit Kat caper, and the early effects of front-of-pack labelling on Canadian consumer behaviour.","meta_description":"In this episode of The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Stéphane Thuillier, CEO of SIAL Canada, to discuss the g…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2886,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-professor-1242175/episodes/fopl-impact-sweet-quebec-food-fraud-kit-kat-caper-to-russia-with-love-and-guest-st-phane-thuillier-ceo-of-sial-canada/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/fopl-impact-sweet-quebec-food-fraud-kit-kat-caper-to-russia-with-love-and-guest-st-phane-thuillier-ceo-of-sial-canada.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}