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Food R&D: the work and where to find the people
This role creates new products and improves the taste, cost and process of existing ones. For export products it also adapts them to each country's regulations and tastes.
THE WORK
- New product development and recipe design
- Cost reduction and ingredient substitution
- Transfer to plant mass production (scale-up)
- Labeling and regulatory compliance for export markets
EXPERIENCE THAT LEADS HERE
Food engineering or chemistry graduates, other food companies' research centers, ingredient and materials companies
WHAT HIRING TEAMS CHECK
Whether they have taken a product all the way to mass production, and whether they have matched cost and taste at the same time
COMPANIES THAT NEED THIS ROLE
Companies on Banseog Life for which this role matters. It does not mean they are hiring now.
Food R&D: frequently asked questions
Food R&D: what is the work?
This role creates new products and improves the taste, cost and process of existing ones. For export products it also adapts them to each country's regulations and tastes.
Food R&D: which experience leads to the role?
People mostly come from these backgrounds: Food engineering or chemistry graduates, other food companies' research centers, ingredient and materials companies.
Food R&D: what do interviews look at?
Hiring teams check whether they have taken a product all the way to mass production, and whether they have matched cost and taste at the same time.