Food Scientist

Recipe Development: Create and optimize recipes for dogs across life stages and needs, balancing nutritional adequacy, palatability, texture, cost, and sustainability. Support the ingredient strategy by selecting proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and fibers; define functional roles, usage levels, and substitutes.

Product Performance: Build and maintain finished-good, raw-material, and premix specifications, including nutrients, functional targets, and sensory/texture KPIs. Partner with FSQA to set critical-to-quality attributes and label-claim guardrails.

Collaboration: Collaborate with Marketing/Insights to convert owner feedback and digital health screening signals into evidence-based formulation updates. Author tech docs and present results to cross-functional teams.