About Tempty Foods
Tempty Foods is an ambitious and fast-growing Danish food innovation company developing the foods of the future based on mushroom roots (mycelium). 🍄🟫
We challenge how the food industry develops and portrays non-animal proteins, making plant-rich meals easy and delicious - without the need to imitate meat. While pioneering food innovation, we stay committed to great flavor, high quality, and a tiny climate impact. We launched our first products in 2022 and are now on the path to scaling up
About the Role
Do you dream of combining your culinary technical knowledge with commercial awareness? Are you ready to cultivate your creative ideas in a fast-moving, innovative environment? As a Product Developer at Tempty Foods, you will work closely with the R&D team and the broader organization to develop products that meet sensory, nutritional, quality and scalability requirements.
As a Product Developer at Tempty Foods, your primary role will be to turn ideas into kitchen prototypes and scalable food products. You will work with a high level of independence while being supported by the Head of R&D, and you will play a hands-on role in shaping products from early concepts through to pilot and production scale.
This role combines culinary creativity with technical understanding and commercial awareness. You will work closely with the R&D and broader team to develop products that meet sensory, nutritional, quality, and scalability requirements in a fast-moving, innovative environment.
What You’ll Do:
Prototype Development: Translate product briefs into kitchen prototypes aligned with sensory, nutritional, and commercial goals
Formulation Optimization: Optimize formulations and processing steps to achieve target texture, flavor, and nutrition
Technical Application: Apply practical understanding of ingredient functionality, basic processing, and production constraints during development
Sensory Testing: Plan and conduct basic sensory and consumer tests and use feedback to refine products
Scale-Up Support: Support the transition from kitchen prototypes to pilot or production scale
Product Documentation: Assist in the preparation of nutritional declarations and product specifications
Food Safety: Follow food safety and hygiene practices throughout product development, testing, and scaling
Structured Work: Work in a structured and detail-oriented way, documenting recipes, processes, and learnings clearly
What Success Looks Like:
Product ideas are efficiently translated into well-documented kitchen prototypes
Formulations meet defined sensory, nutritional, cost, and scalability targets
Creativity is well balanced with a commercial mindset, ensuring products are both exciting and scalable
What We’re Looking For
1.5+ years of experience with a proven track record in food product development, R&D or a closely related role
Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Culinary Science or a related field
Strong culinary skills with hands-on experience and commercial mindset (professional or test kitchen experience is a plus)
Understanding of the technical aspects of food production
Structured, detail-oriented and comfortable documenting recipes, trials and learnings
Interest in plant-based foods and curiosity about ingredients, processes and emerging trends
Why Join Us?
Be part of a fast-growing, purpose-driven food innovation company with a dynamic, collaborative and entrepreneurial team which values proactivity, open-mindedness and quick adaptability.
Take real ownership and responsibility in a hands-on product development role
Work closely with an experienced and passionate R&D team
Contribute directly to products moving from idea to market
Help shape the future of plant-based food beyond meat imitation
To apply 📩
Send your CV and a motivation letter (max 1x A4) to hiring@tempty-foods.com. Linkedin applications are not accepted and will not be answered.
Join us on our mission to change the narrative of meat alternatives! 💪
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