MEET NINNA GRANUCCI, FROM BRASIL TO TOULOUSE IN THE NAME OF FERMENTATION

Ninna Granucci is Green Spot’ CEO and co-founder, a pioneering Fermented and Upcycled food ingredients company headquartered in Toulouse, France with a demo plant in Carpentras, France. The company produces ingredients that allow food brands to appeal to modern consumers with fermented and upcycled, clean-label, nutritious, and functional flours. She has a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Auckland, is the winner of the EU Women Innovators Prize in 2022 and 2024 Cartier Women Initiative Fellow as a Science & Technology Pioneer. From Brazil to New Zealand and now in France, she is on a mission to use science and technology to bring better and sustainable nutrition to all.

(Photo Credits © Vincent Nguyen/Riva Press pour Les Echos Week-End)

What was your first job and what is your actual job?

First job: PhD student

Actual job: CEO of Green Spot Technologies

Do you believe entrepreneurs are born with innate qualities or made through experiences and learning?

👶🏻 Born

🏋️‍♀️ Made

In the classic debate, which came first for you: the egg or the chicken?

🍳 Egg

🐔 Chicken

In the realm of technology, which do you think will have the greatest impact on the food system in the next 10 years? 

Fermentation.

Which skill do you believe will be more useful in the future of work?

Stress management.

Describe the most surprising culinary experience you’ve ever had

Mexican tacos with grasshoppers and cheese at the entrance of the Mayan ruins (Chichén Itzá)!

Name a professional you think we should interview

Alexandra Carpentier.