Job Description
About Us The Company is a fast-growing, innovation-driven food & beverage brand making snacks for new India. We are on a mission to transform the way India snacks by creating a range of healthy snack options that are delicious, healthier, and guilt-free. We blend food science, great taste, and transparency to create better-for-you products families love. About the Role As Lead - Food Technologist, you will own the technical innovation pipeline—from early-stage recipe ideation through successful large-scale manufacturing. This is not a laboratory-only position. You'll be the critical bridge between market chance, consumer insights, manufacturing feasibility, and regulatory reality. You'll work directly with contract manufacturers, external consultants, ingredient suppliers, and internal teams to transform raw concepts into production-ready, market-winning products. This role demands hustle, pragmatism, and solutions-orientation—the ability to navigate constraints (cost, ingredient availability, shelf life, FSSAI compliance)



while maintaining product integrity and delivering breakthrough innovation. We are scaling quick and we face new challenges everyday, you need to think fast, solve fast and if necessary, fail fast. Key Responsibilities 1. Product Development and Formulation Lead recipe development and prototype creation aligned with market trends and Company’s healthy snacking positioning Design formulations balancing sensory appeal, nutritional efficacy, cost, and manufacturability. Conduct sensory evaluation, shelf-life testing, and quality analysis. Create detailed technical documentation(SOPs,BOM, process specifications) 2. Scale-Up and Manufacturing Partnership Identify, evaluate, and partner with contract manufacturers for production Manage pilot batches and troubleshoot scale-up issues affecting taste, texture, shelf life, or nutrition Establish quality control checkpoints and standardize processes with manufacturing partners Ensure pack

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