Job description
The primary duties of this role will include:
• Deliver the project objectives in the KTP project proposal.
• Develop and understand ingredient interactions and the processes that
go into making fresh veg crisps.
• Assist in the development of HFSS compliant snacks (this is government
legislation about reducing all the nasties that we eat).
• Develop training programs for all staff on new processes, and create
supporting documentation. This will include weekly and monthly updates to
key stakeholders.
• Maintain an up-to-date project plan and provide progress updates to the
Local Management Committee (Growers Garden, Abertay and KTP funding
bodies).
• Understand the company’s extrusion production process and seek to
develop this further.
• Work to improve the nutritional profiles of the vegetable snacks.
• Understand how brassicas interact with other ingredients and they may
effect the production process and/or nutritional parameters, e.g., does
variety matter, time of planting or picking, whether you use the stem or
the florets etc.
• Assist with expanding the product portfolio to incorporate a whole
range of other healthy vegetables.
• Embed a culture of learning, development and scientific innovation into
the company.
Project description
To improve the nutritional profiles and expand the range of Growers Garden’s vegetable snacks
About the business
Growers Garden manufactures broccoli crisps using extrusion, alongside private label manufacture of other snack pellets.
Food and Drink
Food Science
Masters or Honours degree in food science or food technology.
19 September 2023
3 November 2023
REQ001130
The primary duties of this role will include:
• Deliver the project objectives in the KTP project proposal.
• Develop and understand ingredient interactions and the processes that go into making fresh veg crisps.
• Assist in the development of HFSS compliant snacks (this is government legislation about reducing all the nasties that we eat).
• Develop training programs for all staff on new processes, and create supporting documentation. This will include weekly and monthly updates to key stakeholders.
• Maintain an up-to-date project plan and provide progress updates to the Local Management Committee (Growers Garden, Abertay and KTP funding bodies).
• Understand the company’s extrusion production process and seek to develop this further.
• Work to improve the nutritional profiles of the vegetable snacks.
• Understand how brassicas interact with other ingredients and they may effect the production process and/or nutritional parameters, e.g., does variety matter, time of planting or picking, whether you use the stem or the florets etc.
• Assist with expanding the product portfolio to incorporate a whole range of other healthy vegetables.
• Embed a culture of learning, development and scientific innovation into the company.