Food Processing expert (Part-time, Equity only - No compensation)

Position: Food Processing Expert

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About HGK

gut health and wellness foods

innovative formulations, functional foods, and advanced processing methods

scientific innovation, clean-label ingredients, and sustainable operations

Role Overview

Food Processing Expert

core equity-based founding team

designing, innovating, and scaling food processing systems

nutritionally effective, safe, compliant, and scalable

Key Responsibilities

• Design and optimize food processing techniques for gut health and functional foods.
• Work with R&D and Food Innovation team to scale recipes into production-ready processes.
• Ensure Nutritional, Safety, FSSAI, and Compliance standards are met.
• Innovate in preservation, shelf-life improvement, and packaging techniques for gut-friendly products.
• Build SOPs for small-batch to large-scale production.
• Research and integrate novel food processing technologies (fermentation, dehydration, micro-encapsulation, etc.) relevant to gut wellness.
• Collaborate with vendors, manufacturers, and food labs for pilots and prototyping.
• Develop cost-efficient, sustainable, and scalable processing models.
  

Who You Are

• Background in Food Technology, Food Engineering, or Food Science.
• 5–10 years of experience in food processing, R&D, or product scale-up.
• Exposure to functional foods, nutraceuticals, probiotics, or gut-health products preferred.
• Strong knowledge of FSSAI and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in taking products from lab to pilot to commercial scale.
• Entrepreneurial mindset — excited to work in a startup ecosystem with equity compensation.
  

What We Offer

• Equity-based role: Be part of the founding team and share ownership of HGK’s growth.
• Opportunity to shape the future of gut health and wellness.
• Freedom to experiment, innovate, and build at scale.
• Direct collaboration with founder and cross-functional teams.