Food R&D; Expert — KefiloAbout Kefilo
Kefilo is building a NutritionTech and personalised wellness transformation platform focused on functional nutrition, preventive wellness, gut health, fitness and lifestyle redesign.
We are combining food science, nutrition intelligence, technology, personalisation and intelligent food manufacturing to build products and systems where food becomes a measurable part of long-term health transformation.
Role
Food R&D; Expert — Equity-Based Founding Role
Key Responsibilities
• Food Product R&D; Lead research and development of creative, nutritious and functional food products aligned with Kefilo's wellness and transformation programs.
• Product Formulation Develop and optimise formulations based on nutritional objectives, ingredients, taste, texture, functionality, cost and scalability.
• Functional & Therapeutic Nutrition Work on products focused on areas such as gut health, metabolic wellness, high-protein nutrition, high-fibre nutrition and other targeted wellness requirements.
• Ingredient Research Identify and evaluate emerging ingredients, functional ingredients, natural compounds, processing technologies and food innovations relevant to Kefilo.
• Product Testing & Validation Design and conduct laboratory, kitchen and pilot trials, including sensory evaluation, nutritional analysis, stability and performance testing.
• Standardisation Convert successful R&D; concepts into standardised formulations, recipes, ingredient specifications, process parameters, quality standards and SOPs.
• Nutrition Intelligence Integration Work with the Nutrition Intelligence team to structure food, ingredient, nutrient and product data that can support personalised nutrition recommendations.
• Food Processing & Scale-Up Collaborate with Food Processing, Food Science and Smart Kitchen teams to move products from laboratory/kitchen trials to scalable commercial production.
• Shelf-Life, Packaging & Quality Support shelf-life studies, packaging se
📌 Food R&D Officer (India)
🏢 Kefilo
📍 India