Bakery Applications Scientist - Ingredients

Company Description

Arboreal is an award-winning ingredients technology company, specializing in the development and delivery of innovative functional ingredients and solutions for the food and nutraceutical industries. We collaborate with challenger brands to create superior recipes that enhance taste, texture, nutrition, and functionality, while supporting clean labels and cost effectiveness. With expertise in sugar reduction, alternative proteins, cacao ingredients, and nutraceutical formulations, we enable brands to develop category-defining products.

At Arboreal, we are committed to fostering a healthier tomorrow by partnering with brands to launch impactful, functional, and wellness-focused products.

Arboreal is co-founded and led by Swati Pandey (IIT, Imperial College London), Manish Chauhan (BITS Pilani, London Business School) and Suresh Chander (University of Helsinki, Anna University). For our pioneering work, Arboreal has overtime been awarded with National Startup Award (Food Processing, 2021), BIRAC Grant (Department of Biotechnology, India), Cartier Women's Initiative Award (APAC), Women Transforming India Award (NITI Aayog) amongst others.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role located in Bangalore. We are seeking an innovative and detail-oriented Bakery Applications Scientist - Ingredients with 3 - 7 years of experience in nutraceutical or functional food products. The role focuses on developing, improving, and ensuring quality standards of cookies, cakes, and other baked products enriched with health/nutraceutical ingredients.

Responsibilities;

• Develop and optimize bakery formulations (cookies, cakes, muffins, etc.) with nutraceutical ingredients such as fibers, proteins, vitamins, and functional additives.

• Conduct trials for new product development (NPD), ensuring taste, texture, and nutritional balance.

• Research and implement innovative baking technologies and health-friendly ingredient substitutions (e.g., sugar replacers, fat replacers, gluten-free blends).

• Ensure compliance with FSSAI, HACCP, GMP, and other regulatory/quality standards.

• Monitor raw material quality, shelf-life studies, and product stability.

• Collaborate with QA, Production, and Marketing teams to deliver market-ready products.

• Maintain proper documentation of trials, formulations, and production processes.

Provide technical support during scale-up from lab trials to commercial production.

• Continuously monitor industry trends and recommend product innovations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's in Food Technology / Bakery Science / Food & Nutrition.

• 3–7 years of hands-on experience in bakery applications, preferably nutraceutical/functional foods.

• Strong knowledge of bakery processes, ingredient functionality, and nutraceutical ingredient incorporation.

• Familiarity with food safety, FSSAI regulations, and shelf-life testing.

• Analytical and creative mindset for product innovation.

• Good communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What we offer

• Competitive Compensation. The candidates can expect a CTC of 7 - 15 LPA as a combination of Fixed + Incentive linked to qualifications, experience and performance. We do not follow the industry norms of linear growth in compensation. We are a fast scaling business and offer excellent financial growth to top performers and ESOPs to long term growth performers.

• Fast track personal and professional growth. The executive will work directly with the Founders and a high-quality team. Learning experience of joining and scaling a high quality startup at an early stage.

• An opportunity for personal impact where you help improve quality standards for 100s of food ingredients and revolutionize ease of sourcing for thousands of Indian SMEs.