KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

● Own formulation science for the spice blend portfolio — ratio optimisation, ingredient substitution and cost-in-use trade-offs, from first prototype to final recipe.

● Own shelf-life and stability testing — accelerated shelf-life studies, water activity and moisture control, packaging compatibility — to lock a validated shelf life for every SKU.

● Own FSSAI compliance and food-safety documentation — HACCP plans, allergen declarations, nutritional labelling and third-party lab testing protocols.

● Design and run structured sensory panels — triangle tests, descriptive analysis and flavour benchmarking — to lock formulation before scale-up.

● Run scale-up trials from kitchen-scale recipe to factory-scale process — validating grind consistency, blend uniformity, yield and shelf stability at production scale.

● Evaluate recent ingredients, functional additives and clean-label alternatives to keep the portfolio technically ahead of category trends.

● Own specification sheets, formulation version control and batch documentation, and report R&D; pipeline status to leadership.

Pay: ₹400,000.00 - ₹800,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 R&D Manager (Gurugram)
🏢 The Kitchen
📍 Gurugram