In this episode of Essential Ingredients, host Justine Reichman welcomes Bella, a holistic nutritionist and entrepreneur who has successfully built her brand around matcha and boba. Bella shares her journey from bartending to launching her pop-up shop, Happy Belly.

We drink water every day, yet rarely question the container. In this episode, Hardy Steinmann shares the personal journey behind building Okapa—a hydration vessel designed with lab-grade glass and precision engineering. A thoughtful conversation on hydration quality, long-term wellness, and why fewer, better objects can change daily habits and reduce waste.

Building a CPG product shouldn’t require midnight spreadsheets and scattered tools. In this episode, Karen Huh shares how decades in food, beverage, and supplements led her to create Zucca—an AI-powered platform helping teams ideate, formulate, cost, and scale products faster with a single source of truth.

Our skin often reacts long before we slow down enough to listen. In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Haley shares a whole-body approach to skin health—connecting acne, inflammation, and chronic conditions to gut health, hormones, stress, and everyday food and environmental choices. A practical, shame-free conversation that brings intuition back into wellness.