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Abena Foli

Founder, POKS Spices

Abena Foli is the founder of POKS Spices, a Texas-based food company on a mission to bring bold West African flavors to American grocery stores. She is a trained food scientist with over a decade’s worth of practical food industry expertise as a product developer and regulatory leader.

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A variety of probiotic foods
Food Ingredients
5 Questions Friday: prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics 1015 Questions Friday: prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics 101
byAbena Foli, Audarshia Townsend
Aug 25, 2023
6 Min Read
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Labeling
5 Questions Friday: Clean label ingredients5 Questions Friday: Clean label ingredients
byAbena Foli, Candace Smith-Leeand 1 more
Jul 28, 2023
7 Min Read

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