Functional Ingredients & Product Intelligence Specialist

Who we’re looking for

We are open to candidates from several professional backgrounds. You should have at least one of the following:

• A recognized qualification or certification in nutrition / nutritional science;
• A medical degree, combined with a strong understanding of ingredients, formulations, supplements, functional foods, or related products;
• Professional experience in food or beverage R&D, product development, formulation, or ingredient research.
• Most importantly, you should be comfortable looking at a product formulation and understanding what the ingredients are, why they are there, and which components are responsible for the product’s functional properties.

• Strong understanding of ingredients, product formulations, nutrition, or food science.
• Ability to critically evaluate ingredient and product information rather than simply collect it.
• Advanced English (C1 or above), including the ability to read technical and scientific materials, write analytical content, and communicate confidently with clients in English.
• Strong spoken communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to explain complex scientific or technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Confidence participating in client discussions, presenting findings, and answering questions about your research.
• Experience working with data and large volumes of information.
• Practical experience using AI / LLM tools for research, information processing, classification, summarization, or data structuring.
• Ability to validate AI-generated outputs, check original sources, and maintain high standards of data quality.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Attention to detail and consistency — especially when working with classifications, taxonomies, and structured databases.
• Ability to work independently and make well-reasoned decisions when information is incomplete or ambiguous.
• Curiosity about functional nutrition, wellness products, ingredient innovation, and emerging technologies.

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be an advantage:

• Functional foods and beverages.
• Dietary supplements / nutraceuticals.
• Food formulation or new product development.
• Ingredient suppliers or ingredient technologies.
• Scientific or regulatory research.
• Market intelligence or competitive intelligence.
• Consulting, client-facing research, or presenting analytical work to external stakeholders.
• Product databases, taxonomies, or structured data management.
• Medical and/or recreational cannabis, cannabinoids, or cannabis-derived consumer products.
• Research focused on the US, Canadian, Australian, or Brazilian markets.

A significant part of your role will focus on developing and maintaining our ingredient database.

You will:

• Research ingredients used in functional foods, beverages, supplements, and adjacent wellness categories.
• Identify and distinguish functional and non-functional components within product formulations.
• Categorize ingredients according to their function, application, properties, and other relevant criteria.
• Help create and maintain structured ingredient profiles/cards for our database.
• Research ingredient functionality, applications, benefits, formulation use cases, and supporting evidence.
• Develop, document, and consistently apply a methodology for collecting, validating, and structuring ingredient information.
• Review existing records for accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
• Work with large amounts of fragmented information and turn it into clean, comparable, structured data.

You will continuously monitor new launches across the functional food, beverage, wellness, and related markets.

Your responsibilities will…