Food Standardization Expert — Equity Only

Company: Kefilo

Location: Remote / Hybrid | Preferred: Bhubaneswar

Commitment: Part-time | Founding Team | Equity-Based

About Kefilo

Kefilo is building a NutritionTech company focused on transforming people's health through science-backed nutrition, food technology, AI, and intelligent manufacturing.

We are not just another cloud kitchen or healthy meal delivery company. Our vision is to build a scalable ecosystem combining personalized nutrition, standardized food production, contract manufacturing, supply chain, and intelligent technology to make healthy eating accessible and measurable across India.

We are currently in the early product-building and testing stage and are looking for a Food Standardization Expert who can help create the scientific and operational foundation for consistent food production at scale.

As a Food Standardization Expert at Kefilo, your primary responsibilities would include:

- Develop and standardize Kefilo's recipes for taste, nutrition, portion size, consistency, cost, and scalability.
- Convert recipes into detailed standardized recipe cards, BOMs, production SOPs, and preparation protocols.
- Define exact ingredient specifications, quantities, cooking methods, temperatures, timings, yields, portion sizes, and acceptable variations.
- Calculate and validate nutritional values, including calories, protein, carbohydrates, fats, fibre, and key micronutrients.
- Work closely with nutritionists and food scientists to ensure every product meets its intended nutritional profile.
- Conduct trials and optimize recipes for commercial-scale and bulk production, not just home or restaurant preparation.
- Develop processes that allow the same product to be reproduced consistently across different kitchens and manufacturing partners.
- Establish quality parameters for raw materials, finished products, taste, texture, appearance, portioning, and nutritional consistency.
- Conduct shelf-life, storage, packaging,



and process validation in collaboration with relevant experts.
- Build systems for recipe version control, quality checks, batch documentation, and production monitoring.
- Work with the production and supply chain teams to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising nutrition or quality.
- Help design standardized food systems that can eventually integrate with automation, smart equipment, and future intelligent food factories.

Immediate Priorities — First 90 Days
- Audit and organize Kefilo's existing recipes and food products.
- Create standardized recipe cards and production SOPs.
- Establish nutritional and quality benchmarks for each product.
- Conduct product trials and improve taste, consistency, cost, and scalability.
- Develop a standardized recipe → nutrition → production → quality control framework.
- Identify which products are suitable for centralized production and contract manufacturing.
- Build the documentation and systems required to replicate Kefilo products across multiple locations.

Preferred Skills & Experience

- Degree/certification in Food Technology, Food Science, Nutrition, Culinary Science, Food Processing, or related fields.
- 3+ years of experience in food product development, recipe standardization, food manufacturing, QSR, FMCG, cloud kitchens, central kitchens, or commercial food production.
- Strong understanding of food processing, recipe formulation, portion control, nutritional analysis, and production SOPs.
- Experience with high-volume or standardized food production is highly preferred.
- Understanding of FSSAI, HACCP, GMP, food safety, shelf-life, and quality control is an advantage.




- Robust analytical and documentation skills.
- Ability to work with chefs, nutritionists, food scientists, manufacturing experts, and operations teams.

Before Moving Ahead, I'd Genuinely Like To Understand

- What experience do you have in recipe standardization, food product development, commercial production, or food manufacturing?
- If you joined Kefilo today, how would you standardize a recipe so that the same taste, nutrition, portion, quality, and cost can be maintained across multiple kitchens?
- What would you prioritize during your first 90 days to build Kefilo's food standardization system?
- Most importantly, why are you willing to take the risk of working with Kefilo on an equity-only, part-time, remote arrangement for 6–8 months or potentially longer, until we secure funding? What makes this opportunity worth taking that risk for you?

Please Also Share

- Resume/CV
- LinkedIn Profile
- Educational Qualifications
- Relevant Certifications
- Previous Food Product Development / Standardization Projects
- Examples of recipe cards, SOPs, product development, or production systems you have worked on
- Experience with commercial kitchens, FMCG, QSR, contract manufacturing, or food processing
- Any relevant food safety or quality certifications
- Anything else that demonstrates your technical expertise, execution ability, and ownership mindset.

We are not looking for someone who simply creates recipes. We are looking for a founding Food Standardization Expert who can build the system that allows Kefilo's food to be nutritionally accurate, commercially viable, operationally repeatable, and consistently produced at scale.

The long-term goal is to create a standardized food ecosystem where a Kefilo product can be manufactured across multiple locations while delivering the same nutrition, taste, quality, portion, and customer experience every time.

Skills: food processing,contract manufacturing,product development

📌 Food standardization expert (Part-time, Equity only) (India)
🏢 Kefilo
📍 India