Food Technologist CV Sample: Trials, Quality and Documentation
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Ishaan Pillai
Food Technologist
Mysuru, Indiaishaan.pillai@example.com
Summary
Food technologist with four years supporting development trials for shelf-stable snack products. Documents formulations, coordinates trial samples and tracks sensory feedback under the product development lead. Works with quality and production teams to keep trial observations and follow-up actions clear.
Experience
Food Technologist · Example Hazel Foods
2024-01 – PresentMysuru, India- Supported 16 pilot trials for baked snack products, maintaining ingredient weights, process observations and sample identifiers in the trial log.
- Coordinated a supervised sensory comparison with 24 internal participants and summarised feedback without making population-wide preference claims.
- Created a version-controlled formulation register, reducing conflicting trial-sheet versions from 7 to 1 in the next quarterly review.
- Prepared sample and document handovers for quality review, keeping product-release and shelf-life approval with authorised colleagues.
Product Development Assistant · Example Hazel Foods
2022-08 – 2023-12Mysuru, India- Prepared labelled trial samples and reconciled ingredient records with the development technologist.
- Entered internal sensory observations and maintained trial-sheet versions.
Education
- 2018 – 2022
B.Tech in Food Technology
Example Lakeside Institute
Skills
- Product development:
- Pilot trial documentation, Formulation records, Sensory data summaries, Sample coordination
- Quality support:
- Traceability records, Specification review support, Excel, Cross-functional handover
Projects
Texture comparison trial
- Compared three approved ingredient ratios in a pilot setting, recording process conditions and the limits of internal sensory observations.
Explain a trial from brief to handover
A trial bullet should identify the question, the work you performed and the output you produced. You might record ingredient weights, track process observations or prepare a comparison for the development lead. Say whether the trial was a bench experiment, pilot run or commercial-scale activity. These settings carry different constraints. A successful pilot does not establish that a formulation is ready for sale, and a student exercise should never be described as a validated manufacturing process.
Be precise with quality and sensory claims
Sensory feedback from a small internal group can help a team choose what to test next. It does not prove that consumers prefer a product across a market. Include the number and type of participants when relevant, and explain the limits of the comparison. Similarly, supporting shelf-life sampling is different from approving a shelf-life claim. Keep food safety decisions, release authority and label approval with the people who actually held those responsibilities. Your resume can show valuable support without overstating it.
Select technical skills you can discuss
Group practical methods, documentation and analysis tools rather than creating one long string of food-science terms. Name HACCP or other systems only at the level you have studied or used, and list earned credentials accurately. A course does not make you the owner of a site's food safety system. If you used a laboratory instrument, be ready to explain the sample, the purpose of the test and how you recorded the result. Leave out confidential recipes and commercial specifications.
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