The manufacture of processed foods and beverages can require complex combinations of ingredients and services. Companies selling into the food industry need people with training in food technology to provide expertise and have a thorough understanding of the products or services they supply.

You might like to combine your skills in microbiology, biochemistry, or food-science with a more customer-oriented focus.

You could be supplying specialised ingredients such as nutritional premixes, new ‘intelligent’ packaging for export meat products or providing specialised testing services for detecting genetically modified organisms. You could sell phosphates to processed cheese manufacturers, seafood extracts for snackfoods or even nutrition labelling software.

Whether it’s for a food manufacturer or an ingredients or equipment company, you will be building relationships with manufacturers and chasing opportunities for new sales.