Client - Start-up by 3 IIT Graduates with over 70 years of experience, specializing in synthetic biology and precision fermentation. They engineer microbes to produce high-value nutritional ingredients and alternative proteins. They recently raised over USD 13 Million to scale-up business rapisly
Role Overview
This role focuses on bridging the gap between nutritional requirements, consumer taste expectations, and scalable manufacturing. As a specialist, you are the technical expert on sweetener chemistry and behavior.
Key Responsibilities
- Recipe Formulation: Design and iterate prototypes using artificial/intense sweeteners to achieve the desired sweetness without compromising taste, mouthfeel, or bulk.
- Synergy Optimization: Blend various high-intensity sweeteners to mask bitter aftertastes and mimic the temporal profile of sucrose.
- Ingredient Sourcing: Vet and select optimal sweetener raw materials from Example Global Ingredient Supplier to minimize cost and maximize quality.
- Sensory Evaluation: Conduct and analyze taste tests to evaluate consumer acceptance.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all formulations adhere to strict FDA, EFSA, or FSSAI safety limits and labeling requirements.
- Shelf-Life Testing: Monitor how sweeteners degrade over time and impact the product's overall shelf life and stability.
- Scale-Up Operations: Transition recipes from a laboratory setting to mass manufacturing, troubleshooting production lines.
Core Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or Chemical Engineering.
- Experience: Typically 2–5+ years in product development, with a strong focus on zero-calorie/dietary formulations.
- Sweetener Knowledge: Deep understanding of the physiochemical properties (heat stability, pH tolerance) of high-intensity sweeteners.
- Analytical Skills: Proficiency with analytical lab equipment (e.g., HPLC) and sensory evaluation methods.
