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- What we're looking for
- What we can offer you
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General Mills is seeking subject matter experts in cost-effective reformulation of food products to help identify high-quality, lower-cost ingredient alternatives across multiple food categories while ensuring product quality, manufacturability, and consumer acceptance.
Background
As a leading global food company, General Mills is committed to delivering high-quality, affordable products across categories such as breakfast cereals, snacks, baking mixes, dairy, frozen foods, and canned goods.
Rising ingredient costs have placed increasing pressure on the food industry, leading companies to seek alternative, cost-effective ingredients without compromising on quality or functionality. Reformulating existing recipes with more affordable ingredients requires a nuanced approach, balancing technical feasibility, sensory integrity, and manufacturing efficiency.
By leveraging the expertise of professionals who have successfully navigated this process before—evaluating ingredient substitutes, assessing their market availability and cost efficiency, and understanding their impact on sensory attributes and manufacturing—we aim to partner with experts that can help us maintain the highest standards of quality and affordability across our product portfolio.
What we're looking for
We are looking for researchers, industry experts, and technical consultants with experience in ingredient sourcing, food formulation, sensory science, techno-economic analysis, and food manufacturing, to help identify high-quality, lower-cost ingredient alternatives while ensuring manufacturability and consumer acceptance.
Ideal experts will have a deep understanding of ingredient functionality, market availability, and cost dynamics and can assess the impact of ingredient substitutions on sensory attributes (e.g., texture, taste), manufacturing processes, and large-scale production feasibility.
We welcome experts with experience in food formulation and processing, particularly those working with key ingredients like vegetal fats, milk powder, and cocoa-derived ingredients (cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, etc.).
Identifying cost-effective ingredient alternatives
Sensory impact of ingredient substitutions
Manufacturability of reformulated products
Techno-economic analysis of new formulations
Market trends in ingredient sourcing
Ingredient functionality and performance
Experience in food formulation, food chemistry, ingredient sourcing, and/or sensory science
Knowledge of large-scale food manufacturing processes
Familiarity with ingredient cost and market dynamics
Food product development
Regulatory compliance for food ingredients
Alternative proteins or fats or novel ingredients
Cost modeling for ingredient reformulation
- Accepting applications from experts based in all countries
What we can offer you
General Mills is committed to making food with passion and putting people first by delivering the tastes they love while improving the nutrient density, affordability, and accessibility of our products. We collaborate with scientists, universities, companies, and organizations around the world to strengthen our impact and bring our purpose to life.
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