Dr. Francois Mellet is a monogastric nutritionist and meat scientist (Stellenbosch University), a qualified food technologist (University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart), and a trained meat artisan (Butcher School Augsburg) with a lifelong career in international food product formulation and industrial processing. He currently serves as a consultant to Synercore, focusing exclusively on Codex-compliant protein food product development.
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