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Focus Groups on a Budget: How Food Entrepreneurs Can Get Real Feedback Without a Sensory Lab

Scaling Your Healthy Food Product

Published
August 28, 2026
Duration
12:02
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Last updated
Oct 4, 2026

Discusses health.

Summary

#83 You don't need a $10,000 sensory lab to know if your product actually works. In this episode, Jacinta shares innovative and cost-effective ways for food entrepreneurs to gather customer feedback through focus groups, especially for those who can't afford expensive sensory labs. Using a real kombucha case study, she walks through exactly how to organiz…

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#83 You don't need a $10,000 sensory lab to know if your product actually works. In this episode, Jacinta shares innovative and cost-effective ways for food entrepreneurs to gather customer feedback through focus groups, especially for those who can't afford expensive sensory labs. Using a real kombucha case study, she walks through exactly how to organize a focus group with friends and regional groups, what questions actually get useful answers, and how the process does double duty: sharpening

Themes

  • health