On-demand food science for early-stage food & beverage brands. Get senior formulation, scale-up, and co-packer-ready expertise exactly when you need it — at a fraction of the cost of a full-time R&D hire.
New product development and reformulation across RTD beverages, powders, bars, confectionery, and baked goods — built right the first time.
Take a bench formula that works in small batches and make it survive commercial production — emulsion stability, hot-fill / HTST, pH, and processing parameters.
Get your formula and documentation to the point where a co-packer will actually run it — no rejections, no costly back-and-forth.
Functional actives — protein, fiber, prebiotics, creatine, nootropics — dosed for efficacy, label claims, taste, and stability.
Production-ready recipes, formulas, and process documentation you own outright and can take to any manufacturer.
Separation, bloom, off-notes, shelf-life failures, texture problems — diagnosed and fixed by someone who has solved them before.
Salary, benefits, and overhead for an experienced R&D food scientist run well into six figures a year — before they've shipped a single SKU. Most early brands don't have enough continuous formulation work to justify that, but they absolutely need the expertise at key moments.
Engage project-by-project or on a light retainer. You get senior, concept-to-shelf food science exactly when a formulation, scale-up, or co-packer milestone demands it — and nothing when you don't. It's the most cost-effective way for a founder-led brand to access real food science.
We start with a free 30-minute Recipe Teardown — I review your formula or idea and flag the top risks.
We define a clear, fixed-scope project (or light retainer) around exactly what you need next.
Formulation, scale-up, troubleshooting, documentation — hands-on work, not just advice.
You walk away with manufacturable recipes you own, ready for your co-packer or next round.
Send your current recipe or product idea and I'll flag the top 2–3 things most likely to break at scale — texture, shelf-life, dosing, or co-packer fit. Most founders find at least one risk they didn't know was there.
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