Graduate Food Technologist

Mizkan Euro; Bury St Edmunds; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a Graduate Food Technologist to join their New Product Development team. The role involves hands-on work in recipe development, product trials, and managing ingredient logistics. Ideal candidates will be recent graduates in Food Science or Culinary disciplines, passionate about food with a hands-on mindset. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from experts and influence product development within a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

Opportunity to learn from industry experts

Clear growth path to Product or Senior Technologist role

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• Recent graduate ideally with a placement year or short industry experience.
• Experience as a development assistant or in NPD support is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assist with new recipe development and kitchen trials.
• Support tastings and manage ingredients.
• Run smaller development projects under senior oversight.
• Coordinate factory trials and collect data.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Curiosity

Self-starter mindset

Hands-on approach

Education

Food Science or Culinary degree

Job description

Graduate Food Technologist

Bury St Edmunds (Hybrid) | Full-time, Permanent

Join Mizkan Euro – creators of some of the UK’s most loved flavours.

At Mizkan Euro, we’ve been crafting authentic, flavour-packed food for over 210 years — from iconic brands like Branston and Sarson’s to exciting new innovations that bring taste to life across Europe.

We’re now looking for a Junior Product & Process Technologist to join our New Product Development team in Bury St Edmunds, someone passionate about food, curious about how great products are made and ready to take their first big step into a career in food manufacturing.

About the Role

This is a hands-on, varied role supporting our NPD and Development Chef teams from concept to launch.

You’ll be involved in:

• Assisting with new recipe development, kitchen trials, and product improvements.
• Making samples, supporting tastings, and managing ingredients and raw materials.
• Running your own smaller development projects with support from senior technologists.
• Helping coordinate factory trials, collecting data, and learning how products scale from kitchen to production.
• Keeping our development kitchen stocked, organised, and running smoothly.

It’s a busy, collaborative environment, one where you’ll see your ideas take shape, learn from an experienced team and get exposure to every part of the product development process.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re open-minded about background, you might be:

• A recent Food Science or Culinary graduate (ideally with a placement year or short industry experience), or
• Someone already working as a development assistant, kitchen technologist, or NPD support in the food industry.

What matters most is your enthusiasm, curiosity, and self-starter mindset. You’ll enjoy being hands-on, love getting involved in trials and tastings, and be comfortable juggling admin, lab work, and creative problem solving.

What You’ll Gain

• The opportunity to learn from industry experts in both culinary and technical development.
• A clear path to grow into a Product or Senior Technologist role over time.
• The chance to help shape how we do things, this is a new role, so there’s scope to make it your own.
• A friendly, collaborative culture where passion for food is at the heart of everything we do.

At Mizkan, we balance heritage with innovation. You’ll be part of a business that’s serious about quality, sustainability, and flavour, but also open to new ideas and ways of working.

If you’re ready to turn your passion for food into a career, we’d love to hear from you.

If this role sounds of interest, apply now and help us continue to craft the flavours people love.

Job Family Quality, Technical & Product Development