Published On: 09/29/2025Categories: Agbioscience Podcast

NutriPop’s Ujaswin Jain + Audrey Chung on student entrepreneurship, food is health + innovating for an evolving, mindful consumer

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As consumers shift their preferences toward healthier food options, there is ripe opportunity for innovators in the CPG snack market. This week, we are joined by NutriPop co-founders Ujaswin Jain and Audrey Chung to talk food is health, student entrepreneurship and seizing the moment. We get into:  

  • How the NutriPop team came together on the campus of the University of Notre Dame 
  • What popped water lily seeds are and how they become a nutritious snack 
  • The company’s participation in AgriNovus’ Velocity accelerator and how that experienced helped drive NutriPop forward in 2025 
  • After winning the Food is Health track for Velocity, NutriPop’s successes, wins and momentum on market 
  • NutriPop’s differentiation and what makes them unique in the food is health space 
  • The tough realities of the CPG market and why they chose to enter as entrepreneurs 
  • Advice they would offer to young student entrepreneurs heading down a similar path  
  • What’s ahead for NutriPop