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 robust 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.

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