Growing up in China, Qian Deng started as a biological engineer, working on fermentation that utilized e coli! Of course, that' a four-letter word in the food world, but in pharmaceutical research, it's pretty routine. But food science had a bigger appeal to Qian and the fermentation of both baking bread and making soy sauce became much more interesting to her. And creating foods with extra antioxidants became a focus for her. When she applied for grad school, it was to be a food science major and she was accepted to study in the US at Oregon State University. She currently works for a company located in The Dalles, Oregon, which has a river location, good co-packing facilities and warehousing as well. Using natural food extracts to put healing ingredients, they have created new scents and tastes with nutrients and healing traits not found in other additives. The company was sold some time ago, and that allows the PowderPure products to spread around the world.\n\n"Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall\n\nWe record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland.\n\nAudio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil\n\nShow logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design\n\nWebsite was designed by Cameron Grimes\n\nProduction assistant is Chelsea Lancaster\n\n10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes\n\nListen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com