Food Scientist Intern — Cultured Cookie Co.

Nashik | Hybrid (3 days/week in-office) | Unpaid | 3–6 months

About Us

Cultured Cookie Co. makes slow-fermented, Current York–style sourdough cookies, built on our proprietary culture "Maa." We bake fresh daily in small batches, in a GMP-compliant kitchen, because we care as much about the process as the product. If you're drawn to craft food and want to see fermentation science turned into something people actually crave; this is that room.

The Role

You'll work directly on our cookie formulations — testing ingredients, adjusting process, and documenting what works (and what doesn't). Expect real R&D; trials, not busywork: sensory evaluations, shelf-life troubleshooting, texture and flavor iteration, and translating lab-bench findings into something our kitchen can actually scale and repeat.

What You'll Do

- Assist with R&D; trials and basic lab analyses
- Record and maintain clean experimental data
- Keep lab/kitchen spaces organized and GMP-compliant
- Work with production to scale lab findings into consistent batches
- Troubleshoot texture, flavor,



and shelf-life issues
- Prepare samples and participate in sensory panels
- Contribute to ongoing process improvement

What We're Looking For

- Studying or recently graduated in Food Science, Food Technology, Culinary Science, or related field
- Foundational food science knowledge, applied to real product development
- Some R&D; exposure — experimental design, data collection, analysis
- Comfortable with basic lab equipment and accurate measurement
- Familiarity with GMP and food safety fundamentals
- Detail-oriented, reliable at following protocols and recording data
- Comfortable in a working kitchen — hands-on, some standing required
- Genuine interest in fermentation, baking, and artisan food
- Prior baking/culinary experience is a plus, not a requirement

This is unpaid, so we want to be upfront: what you'll get is hands-on R&D; exposure at a small, founder-led brand where your work directly shapes what goes into production — not intern-shaped busywork.

📌 Food Scientist Intern (Nashik)
🏢 Cultured Cookie
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