Melissa N.
Food & Beverage Scientist - Product Developer
Working on a food or beverage product? I am a Cornell graduate food scientist and product developer with over 9 years of experience. I have worked with small emerging brands, start-ups, and large national brands. I specialize in new product development, shelf-stable formulations, flavor application, ingredient technology, processing methods, and scale-up operations. Depending on what stage your product is at, I can… - Bring your product vision to life from scratch - Work with an existing recipe that needs improvement - Perform ingredient substitutions or cost reductions on current commercial products I do both hourly consultations and projects that require hands-on product development,
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $346
Billed in all: $6,550$6.6k
$346 in the last 6 months
Across 3 contracts
Across 14 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 33% in Food Engineering
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