About this episode

Caitlin Bricker interviews Casey Bauer about the challenges and practices of being a leading infant formula manufacturer in the U.S.

In this special R&D Radio episode, guest host Caitlin Bricker sits down with Casey Bauer, COO of Bobbie, one of only four infant formula manufacturers in the United States, to dig into what "test obsessed" really means when your product is a baby's sole source of nutrition. Casey has spent almost a year at Bobbie overseeing quality, regulatory, and supply chain, following roles as COO at Kate Farms, a leading medical nutrition company, and operations leadership at Pharmavite (Nature Made) and Nutrabolt. That background in sole-source and medical nutrition shaped how seriously he takes food safety at Bobbie, where the company runs over 2,000 safety and quality checks and manufactures under one roof at its facility in Heath, Ohio. Caitlin and Casey cover what it means to be one of only four infant formula manufacturers in the U.S., how Bobbie tests raw materials, bulk powder, and finished cans for redundancy, why the company still partners with a contract manufacturer even with in-house production growing nearly 300% year over year, and how the Bobbie promise protects subscriber inventory during shortages and recalls. Listen in as they discuss: The added pressure and…

People in this episode

Host: Caitlin Bricker

Guest: Casey Bauer

Topics covered

• infant formula manufacturing
• food safety
• quality checks
• supply chain management
• test obsessed
• nutrition

Keywords

• infant formula
• food safety
• quality checks
• supply chain
• Bobbie
• nutrition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bobbie, Kate Farms, Pharmavite, Nutrabolt

Places: Heath, Ohio, United States

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