From Wallaby Milk to AI: Nora Khaldi on Decoding Nature’s Molecular Code

From Wallaby Milk to AI: Nora Khaldi on Decoding Nature’s Molecular Code

From The Spoon Podcast by The Spoon

February 12, 2026 · 40 min

About this episode

Dr. Nora Khaldi discusses her journey from wallaby milk to creating an AI-powered molecular discovery platform in food.

In this episode, Mike sits down with Dr. Nora Khaldi, founder and CEO of Nuritas, to explore how a postdoctoral epiphany about wallaby milk led her to build one of the first AI-powered molecular discovery platforms in food. They discuss how Nuritas uses AI to uncover, validate, and scale molecules into clinically validated ingredients, why ingredient discovery has historically taken decades, and what she's learned over the past decade building Nuritas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mike

Guest: Dr. Nora Khaldi

Topics covered

  • AI
  • molecular discovery
  • food technology
  • ingredient validation
  • wallaby milk

Keywords

  • Nora Khaldi
  • Nuritas
  • AI
  • molecular discovery
  • wallaby milk
  • food technology
  • ingredient discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nuritas

Products: wallaby milk, AI-powered molecular discovery platforms

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