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Portia Ludere
Laboratory Technician for Food & Nutrition in Azelis South Africa

Portia holds a Bachelor's degree in Food Technology and has 12 years’ experience within the food industry. Portia has experience working with different products such as seasonings, flavors, sauces, meat, and baking. Her area of expertise is in R&D, quality, food legislation and labeling.

 

I love working in the food industry! I especially enjoy the R&D section because it gives me so much joy to develop a product from scratch and finally see it in shop shelves and used as solutions for customers.
Portia Ludere
Hana Svobodová
Hana Svobodová
Food Application technologist and Lab Manager for Azelis Central Europe

Hana Svobodová is Food Application Technologist and Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition in Azelis Central Europe. Hana has 18 years’ experience within the industry and holds MSc in Food Technology and Quality. Hana’s areas of expertise include R&D, quality and food legislation. Hana is actively involved in the industry by leading seminars for customers.

Hana was involved with assisting a spice blending company moving into a new market segment; sport nutrition. As well as formulation advice, Hana helped to prepare the complete recipe and give advice about labeling of the final product. The product was successfully launched and the new brand is performing really well in this market!

Food is my passion! I'm lucky that food is everywhere and I can collect new inspiration for my work anywhere, anytime. I have transformed my hobby into my job. I thrive on challenges, new trends and interacting with customers.
Hana Svobodová
Alex McHardy, Technical Applications Manager, Food & Nutrition UK
Alex McHardy
Technical Applications Manager for Food & Nutrition, UK

Alex has a degree in Food and Biotechnology and has over 20 years’ experience within the industry. His area of expertise includes stabilizers, emulsifiers, starches, flavorsand colors.

Alex recently worked with a customer who needed to solve problems with an acidified milk drink with fruit juices. By recommending the right ingredient capable of being processed at UHT temperatures, the milk proteins were protected, the final product had a pleasing silky mouthfeel and was label friendly.

I really enjoy talking to customers to understand their project briefs and solve their product issues.
Alex McHardy
Lotte Kristiansen, R&D Manager Smoke Ingredients, Food & Nutrition Denmark
Lotte Kristiansen
R&D Manager Smoke Ingredients, Food & Nutrition Denmark

Lotte Kristiansen is R&D Manager Smoke Ingredients in Denmark. She is a qualified Food Engineer, with over 15 years’ experience in the industry. Lotte is responsible for all technical aspects of Scansmoke products, including GFSI,Halal and Kosher certification of the Danish factory. Her area of expertise is smoke flavorings and she regularly holds customer seminars and internal training sessions on this topic.

The lab was approached by a sausage casing manufacturer to add smoky flavor to a casing in order to ‘smoke’ the sausage upon filling. The addition of the smoke flavor should not interfere with crosslinking of the collagen. Furthermore the customer wanted a special ‘fragrance’ to their product. The food lab made trials over several months to find the perfect flavor without having effect on the rest of the process, with great success. This tailor-made product is now in full scale production.

In my role as R&D Manager I am involved in quality control, regulatory demands, certification, product development and customer care. These are areas that motivate me and brings something different to my day - every day.
Lotte Kristiansen
Camille Gubler
Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition, France

Camille Gubler is the Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition, in France.

Recently graduated, Camille holds a Master of Food Flavors from ISIPCA. Her thesis was dedicated to comparison of various proteins’ origin, both in terms of nutritional quality and technical properties. This included classical proteins such as dairy, soy, oat, meat and fish but also more ‘exotic’ proteins such as algae and insects.

Camille is highly involved in developing demo kits, dedicated for customer meetings and seminars.

This is a good way to present our range of ingredients and capabilities, for example to reduce fat in béchamel sauces and salad dressings. I enjoy using my flavor knowledge to compensate fat loss by good butter, milk and spicy flavours!
Camille Gubler
Kristian Nielsen
Technical Product Manager for Food & Nutrition, Denmark

Kristian Nielsen is Technical Business Development Manager for Food & Nutrition, Denmark.

He is a qualified butcher, educated at the Danish Meat Academy in Roskilde, with over 14 years’ experience in the retail and meat industry.

Kristian has been working with the University of Ghent, in Belgium, on a liquid smoke flavor project. He is also winner of several national retail butcher competitions.

An example of this was a project for a producer of bacon, ham and sausages, who needed our assistance to optimize their smoke program. We simulated the customer’s smoke process in our pilot plant smokehouse and were able to suggest several changes resulting in a timesaving of 45 minutes. Today, the customer is still using the smoke program we developed.

In my job, I establish the customer’s need, work on developing a solution and finally implementing this in the customer’s production. What I like about my daily work is that not two days are the same – I also learn a lot for my personal development.
Kristian Nielsen
Sri Rahayu
Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition, Indonesia

Sri Rahayu is Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition in Indonesia. Sri has a degree in Food Technology & Human Nutrition and over 15 years’ experience within the industry. Her area of expertise includes seasoning, modified starches and hydrocolloids.

Sri’s task is to support customers who develop new products, hence her nature of job is to face customers in order to bridge between technology and commercial.

The food industry is very well regulated, especially within Indonesian FDA and Halal Certification. In this area, Sri is highly connected with the authorities.

I enjoy working together with customers, giving ideas of new products.
Sri Rahayu
Adela Avram, Sales Manager for Food & Nutrition, Romania
Adela Avram
Sales Manager for Food & Nutrition, Romania

Adela Avram is Sales Manager for Food & Nutrition in Romania. She is a qualified Food Engineer, with over 15 years’ experience in the industry.

Adela’s specific area of expertise is meat applications, and often provides advice to all external collaborators on a project. This includes tests in their processing units, to better understand the manufacturing process.

I am constantly looking for new solutions. Our customers’ requirements can be very different, for example shorter manufacturing time, better colour of the finished product during shelf life, or a specific result after heat treatment.
Adela Avram
Merise Qu
Lab Manager for Food & Nutrition, China

Merise Qu is a Food Application Technologist and Lab Manager for the Food & Nutrition business in Azelis China. Merise has over 20 years of experience within the food industry and holds a MSc. in Food Science and Technology. Her areas of expertise include dairy, plant-based beverages and nutrition.

In recent years, the food service industry has been growing very quickly in China. Merise was involved in assisting many catering service companies with developing products such as thick milk, ambient yoghurt and light cream and so on. 

I am very happy to share my food technical expertise with customers and help them with their formulation challenges during new product development. I feel a great sense of achievement when I see products Azelis helped develop in the market.
Merise Qu
Kim Lund
Technical Manager for Food & Nutrition, Nordic

Kim Lund is Technical Manager for Food & Nutrition, Nordic.​

Kim has more than 18 years' experience as a product developer and application technologist and his area of expertise is in bakery, soft drink and general food. He joined Azelis in November 2019. Kim also has been involved in teaching food and health courses. 

I love my job because I like to solve issues and come up with solutions together with costumers and overcome the issues they are facing.
Kim Lund
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Eva Suen
Technical Account Manager for Food & Nutrition, Canada

Eva Suen is Technical Account Manager for Food & Nutrition in Canada.​

Eva holds a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and has 10 years of experience in the food industry. She completed her Food Science Certificate at the University of Guelph in  2016. 

She's a member of the Women in Food Industry Management (WFIM) and  Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST).​

Her area of expertise is in starch chemistry and its application in various market segments (bakery, dairy, confectionary, savoury).​

The Canadian Food & Health lab develops formulations for bakery, savory, confectionery, beverage, dairy, vegan foods & pet food.

Being a foodie, I love working in an industry which I am truly passionate about! I enjoy working with our customers and providing them with technical support to help them succeed.
Eva Suen
Stephan Sonny
Junior Food Application Technician for Food & Nutrition, Germany

Stephan Celebesario Sonny is Junior Food Application Technician for Food & Nutrition in Germany. 

Stephan has a Master's Degree in International Food business and consumer studies. As a Food Technologist, he is responsible for the application and formulation of innovative food products based on customers' demands and market trends. 

Stephan did the research for his Master's thesis at Azelis in the role of a research and development (R&D) laboratory assistant. The project was to develop a yoghurt drink with orange flavor product in combination with a sugar substitution using Rebaudioside A 60 (Reb A60).

I try to learn something quick because I believe in this era, it is not a matter of the strong defeats the weak, but the fast beats the slow.
Stephan Sonny
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Dipti Kolte
Application Specialist, Food & Nutrition in India

Dipti Kolte is Application Specialist for Food & Nutrition in India.

Dipti  hasaBachelor’s degree in Food Engineering & Technology and has over three years’ experience in the industry. Her field of expertise lies in bakery, mayonnaise and natural preservation in sauces and dips.

Sheisnowworkingonthedevelopment of breakfast products such as yoghurt with prebiotic fiber, nutrition bars, cookies with dietary fibers and plant proteins.

The customer interaction while suggesting a correct ingredients and helping to fulfil their product requirement always bring something new and different to my daily activities which makes my job interesting.
Dipti Kolte
Sergey Polosin
Sergey Polosin
Technical Support for Food & Nutrition, Russia

Sergei Polosin is the Technical Support Manager for Food & Nutrition in Russia. He holds an Engineering degree in Food Industry Biotechnology and has over 25 years of experience within the industry. Prior to joining Azelis in May 2021, Sergei worked in R&D and Application departments for sauces, fruit preparation and flavours industry. His area of responsibility is technical consultation of managers and clients, application and technical regulation.

I like working in the food industry because I can help create products for our clients and communicate on a variety of technological issues in the food area.
Sergey Polosin
Saniye Öztürk
Saniye Öztürk
Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition, Turkey

Saniye Öztürk is Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition in Turkey. Saniye has a master degree in Food Engineering and will finish PhD in June 2023. PhD thesis topic covers 'Determination of Hydrocolloids and Process Effects on the Stability of Milk-Based Colloidal Systems'. She has more than 8 years of experience in the food industry and has experience working with different products such as seasoning, sauce, bakery, confectionery, chocolate, beverage and dairy.

Saniye is involved in creating recipes, solving problems that customers face with raw materials and products, developing demo kits, dedicated for customer meetings, trainings and seminars.

I start a new day very happy and motivated every early morning. Learning different things every day is my great passion. Solving the problems faced by our customers and offering them suggestions are one of the most enjoyable parts of my work.
Saniye Öztürk
Büşra Turan
Büşra Turan
Technologist for Food & Nutrition, Turkey

Büşra Turan is Application Technologist for Food & Nutrition in Turkey. Büşra has a master degree in Food Engineering and her thesis covers ‘Effect of Different Drying Techniques on Bioactive Properties and Phenolic Composition of Goji Berry Fruits’. Her area of expertise is in confectionery, food supplement, beverage, food legislation and labeling.

 

I’m excited with every new project. Taking part in every stage from start to finish is one of the most enjoyable parts of my job. My biggest motivation is seeing a problem solved or a new product introduced to customers.
Büşra Turan
Osama Barakat
Osama Barakat
Laboratory Assistant for Food & Nutrition, Egypt

Osama Barakat is Laboratory Assistant for Food & Nutrition in Egypt. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry from the Faculty of Science at Ain Shams University. He has more than 12 years of experience in R&D in the food industry, especially in the dairy and beverage sectors, in addition to confectionery. He also has an experience in baking, meat, sauces, and seasoning.

I have a great knowledge of food additives and flavors and I am always eager to learn about new developments in this field.. I have a passion for developing new products and solving food formula & production process issues.
Osama Barakat
Kristýna Fedorová
Kristýna Fedorová
Junior Application Technologist – Food & Nutrition Central Europe

Kristýna Fedorová is Junior Application Technologist for Food & Nutrition in Czech republic. She graduated in 2022 so she’s still gaining experience in different areas. Her Alma mater is University of Chemistry and Technology where she studied at the Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology and holds a Master of Science degree. She is involved in creating formulations, helping with issues that customers face and actively participating at seminars and webinars for customers.

Food is big part of our lives and I find it very interesting and exciting to work in this field and try to come up with new formulations and concepts. I enjoy working with our customers and helping them to solve challenges they’re facing.
Kristýna Fedorová
Eleftheria Evdemon
Eleftheria Evdemon
Lab Manager for Food & Nutrition in Greece and the Balkans

Eleftheria Evdemon is the Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition in Greece and the Balkans. Eleftheria studied Food Technologist and holds an MSc in Food Innovation, Processing and Preservation. She has a 10 years’ experience in food industry and the areas of expertise are R&D, food legislation and quality. Eleftheria joined Azelis on February 2022 and she has already developed a vegan Frankfurter sausage for one of  the company's customers. The areas she is working are the stabilization systems of all food applications together with the preservation, the taste and the colour of food.

When I was a child, I dreamt of such a job. I always wanted to engage myself into research, to learn and progress, to provide solutions and to constantly develop my skills and abilities.
Eleftheria Evdemon
Marcin Derbis
Marcin Derbis
Technical Development Manager - Food & Nutrition, Poland

Marcin Derbis is Technical Development Manager for Food & Nutrition in Poland. Marcin holds a Master of Science degree in food technology, with a specialization in meat technology. He has 8 years of experience in the meat industry, both as a manager of production departments and in the research and development department. His in-depth knowledge of all levels of production allows him to design solutions that are easy for customers to implement.

I like designing new solutions and improving existing ones. Nothing is more satisfying than saying at the end of a project: it really works!
Marcin Derbis
Ben Claeys
Ben Claeys
Laboratory Manager Food & Nutrition, Benelux

Ben Claeys is Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition in Belgium. Ben has worked as a culinary chef for 20 years, including 5 years in the food industry. He has R&D experience in various applications, his specialties being savory culinary applications and plant-based alternatives.

I love food, it brings people together, it creates memories, it can make you happy. Being able to spend my days working with food is the best thing ever!
Ben Claeys
Olga Danilenko
Olga Danilenko
Laboratory Manager Food & Nutrition, Poland

Olga Danilenko is Laboratory Manager for Food & Nutrition in Poland. She graduated from the University of Food Industry in Kyiv, and her specialty is fermentation production. With experience working in various industries, Olga has met a lot of wonderful people and has had the chance to continuously grow and learn.

My work provides an understanding of food technology and processes. I help clients find solutions that are suitable only for their production, and this makes it possible to have good relations with all our customers.
Olga Danilenko