KEY POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Natural Colour Development

- Develop and optimize natural colours from botanical, fruit, vegetable and other natural sources.

- Work on natural colours such as Paprika, Turmeric/Curcumin, Beetroot, Anthocyanins, Butterfly Pea, Chlorophyll, Carotenoids and other natural colour systems.

- Develop both water-soluble and oil-dispersible natural colour solutions.

- Improve colour strength, stability, solubility, dispersibility and application performance.

- Develop low-odour/low-taste colour solutions wherever required.

2. Application &

- Stability Development

- Develop natural colours for beverages, bakery, dairy, confectionery, sauces, snacks and nutraceutical applications.

- Conduct heat, light, pH, oxidation and storage stability studies.

- Optimize colours for challenging processing conditions such as baking, pasteurization and high-temperature processing.

- Conduct application trials and determine optimum dosage and formulation.

3. Encapsulation &

- Delivery Systems

- Develop and optimize emulsions, encapsulated colours, spray-dried powders and other delivery systems.

4. R&D; and Analytical Evaluation

- Conduct laboratory trials, formulation development and product optimization.

- Maintain proper R&D; records, specifications, trial reports and development documentation.

5. Scale-Up &

- Commercialization





- Take products from laboratory development pilot trials plant scale-up commercial production.

- Work closely with Production, QA/QC, Sales and Regulatory teams.

- Troubleshoot production and customer application issues.

- Ensure batch-to-batch consistency and commercial scalability.

6. Customer &

- Technical Support

- Understand customer requirements and convert them into technical solutions.

- Conduct competitor and product benchmarking.

- Support customer trials and application development.

- Provide technical inputs to Sales and Business Development teams.

KEY SKILLS &

- COMPETENCIES

- Strong hands-on R&D; and formulation skills

- Good understanding of natural colour chemistry and stability

- Knowledge of pH, heat, light and oxidation stability

- Strong food and beverage application knowledge

- Analytical and problem-solving skills

- Innovation and product-development mindset

- Ability to independently manage R&D; projects

- Valuable communication and cross-functional coordination

- Ability to develop commercially viable and scalable products

IDEAL CANDIDATE The ideal candidate should be a hands-on natural colour developer who can independently take a product from concept laboratory formulation application testing scale-up commercialization.

Natural Colour R&D; experience is mandatory.

📌 Sr Executive Research & Development (Natural Colors Food Ingredients) (Vapi)
🏢 K. Patel Phyto Extractions
📍 Vapi