Product Development Dietician - food manufacturing

Product Development Dietician

£30,000 - £35,000
Colchester, Essex
Food Manufacturing
Job ref: 8848

This food manufacturing company has had huge success within its sector and prides itself on using natural ingredients and striving towards a zero-waste policy supporting communities across the UK and the environment.

About the Product Development Dietician job

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Dietetic Support Specialist. In this role, you will be the primary dietetic support for Product Development and Procurement teams, ensuring accurate management of product nutrition and ingredient data. You will also assist the Company Dietitian and Head of Nutrition & Marketing in meeting customer and business requirements. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of high-quality, nutrition-focused products in a dynamic environment.

Key tasks

• Collaborate with the product development team to influence new products by setting dietetic briefs, reviewing nutrition and diet coding, attending taste panels, preparing customer nutritional reports, conducting easy chew testing, and registering vegan products with the Vegan Society.
• Work with the ingredient approval team to ensure new ingredients align with the company s sustainable sourcing policy and food standards. Support the Company Dietitian in maintaining compliance with industry regulations, monitoring KPI data, and developing policies and procedures.
• Use and optimize recipe software to manage Back of Pack (BOP) product data, with potential input into new system development alongside key stakeholders. Manage carbon labelling data to support the company s net zero objectives.
• Engage with customers to discuss new products, menus, and tastings. Provide ad hoc support with customer queries, menu planning, and other nutrition-related business needs.

About You

• The successful candidate would ideally be a registered dietitian on HCPC register. A nutrition graduate with one years experience would be considered.
• A passion for food as well as computer literacy in Word, Excel and PowerPoint packages and be able to generate procedures, graphs, reports and presentations.
• 1-2 years experience would be an advantage.

More details

The Product Development Dietician job (ref:8848) is paying £30,000 - £35,000 according to your experience.

The package includes Paid professional fees, laptop, 22 days annual leave and 8 bank holidays pa, employer pension contributions of 3%, free meals onsite for lunch and CPD Support.

The site is based in Essex and is commutable from Ipswich, Colchester, Harwich, Braintree, Halstead, Chelmsford, Clacton on sea, Sudbury and surrounding towns.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, normal office hours.

Alternate job titles

Nutrition & Product Development Specialist Product Development Nutritionist Food & Nutrition Innovation Dietitian R&D Dietitian Food & Nutrition Nutrition & Innovation Consultant Menu Development Dietician Food Science Nutrition Specialist Health & Wellness Product Developer Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs Specialist Sustainable Nutrition & Product Development Lead