Key Responsibilities

1. Food Formulation & Product Development
Develop formulations for everyday foods and preventive nutrition products.
Work on products such as:
Atta / flour
Bread
Noodles
Breakfast products
Staples
Future functional-food categories
Develop formulations based on defined nutritional targets such as:
Protein
Fibre
Amino-acid profile
Digestibility
Glycemic response
Fat quality
Micronutrients
Identify appropriate food-grade ingredients and functional ingredients for formulations.
Optimise formulations for taste, texture, mouthfeel, aroma, colour, shelf life and manufacturability.
Conduct formulation trials and document formulation iterations.
Work with manufacturing partners to translate laboratory formulations into commercial-scale production.
Troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing issues.
Evaluate alternative ingredients where required without compromising nutritional or quality specifications.

2. Raw Material Quality Control
You will establish and maintain technical specifications for every critical raw material.
For each ingredient,



you will define parameters such as:
Identity
Purity
Protein content
Moisture
Ash
Fibre
Microbiological parameters
Heavy metals
Pesticide residues, where applicable
Allergens
Adulteration parameters
Physical characteristics
Particle size, where relevant
Other ingredient-specific quality parameters
You will also work with suppliers and laboratories to establish appropriate testing protocols.

3. COA Validation
A major responsibility of this role will be to review and technically validate Certificates of Analysis (COAs) received for incoming raw materials.
You will:
Review COAs against our approved raw-material specifications.
Verify whether the test parameters, units, methods and acceptance limits are appropriate.
Check whether the reported values meet our internal specifications.
Identify incomplete, suspicious or inconsistent COAs.
Verify testing laboratory details and accreditation where applicable.
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📌 Food Scientist – Product Development (Pune)
🏢 Doctors Foodstore
📍 Pune