Chowbotics Blog
This is where food and technology intersect.
Chowbotics Blog
This is where food and technology intersect.
Sally the Robot Wins 2019 BIG Innovation Award
Business Intelligence Group announced today Sally the Robot has been named a winner in the 2019 BIG Innovation Awards. This annual business awards program recognizes the organizations, products and people that are bringing new ideas to life. Chowbotics was honored...
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Sally the Robot Wins Most Innovative Product of the Year 2018
We are excited to announce that Sally the Robot has been named the Most Innovative Product of the Year by Best in Biz Awards. The organization is the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier...
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Can I Keep Health in the Holidays?
The holidays are in full swing and with it, office potlucks, cookies and eggnog. Hectic schedules and holiday parties can test the healthy habits of even the most disciplined among us. What if we could keep some semblance of health in the holidays without compromising...
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Sugar Causes Diabetes (And Other Myths)
I’m not sure who named November National Diabetes Awareness Month, but it seems fitting, or maybe equally ironic that it falls squarely between Halloween and the holidays. Just as adults and kids alike begin to see their candy collection dwindle, the season of...
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How Can Globally-Inspired Menus Drive Health?
It’s 4pm and I’m still daydreaming about today’s lunch. In seconds, Sally, our robot, served up this Mediterranean-inspired meal: chef-prepared basmati rice, shredded carrots, grilled halloumi cheese and kalamata olives atop a bed of crunchy romaine finished with a...
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Sally the Robot – now with Mexican, Indian, Mediterranean, Chinese, French and Other Ethnic Food
When we first introduced Sally the Robot, she was focused on salads. Our team felt we should start off with something that was simple to make. We could always add more food types later. Later has arrived. We're excited to announce that Sally can now make grain bowls,...
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Brain Health: The Next Big Trend in Health
My mind is still blown after attending the Dataessentials’ Foodscapes event in Chicago a couple of weeks back. It was a fantastic meeting of the minds on technology, wellness, product innovation and the future of food. (As a side note, definitely check back for...
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The Rise of Food Allergies and Sensitivities (and what we can do about it)
Everywhere we look these days, we can find gluten-free this, dairy-free that. Gluten in particular has replaced fat from the 80’s and carbs from the 90’s as the thing to loathe in the 2010’s. A 2017 report showed that the global gluten-free food market value is...
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How Do You Define Healthy Eating?
Deciding how to approach food choice has gotten needlessly complicated. It’s easy to feel disempowered with all the misinformation and contradictions that abound on food, nutrition and health. With the exception of a few confirmed intolerances, I try to make all...
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How Will Technology Help Keep Our Food Safe?
48 Million. That’s one in 6 of us who get sick each year from foodborne illness. Unsafe food handling practices at a local salad bar has the potential to impact hundreds. Lapses early on in the supply chain can result in harmful products landing on grocery store...
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