Food Scientist Cover Letter

These documents are being submitted for the purpose of applying for the Food Scientist position with your company. I know that my background in chemistry as well as my experience with food safety techniques would make me a great candidate for this position and if hired, I would be of great benefit to [Company Name].

To summarize, my qualifications and particular skill set is listed below and shows how I can benefit your company:

• I have more than sixteen years experience working in food sciences and I bring an attention to detail that surpasses most.
• My background includes helping to come up with new preservation methods and packaging to keep food fresh longer.
• Through my studies, I have found those foods that claim to be beneficial to health and have either proved these statements to be true or false.

This industry is very important for the health of the people who are eating the food and this is why I take this position very seriously. I know that I can bring great quality to [Company Name] that is second to none.

I would be happy to sit down and discuss further my background in order to offer a more in depth view of my skills. I can be contacted on [Phone Number].

This is to express my interest in the Food Scientist position advertised on [Date]. My resume is enclosed for your review. Given my experience and excellent capabilities, I would appreciate your consideration for this job.

Your Requirements:

Food Scientist with at least 2 years of experience.

My Matching Career Experience:

For 4 years I worked as a Food Scientist.

My Job Responsibilities were to:

• Apply scientific engineering principles in research, development, production technology, quality control, packaging, processing, and utilization of foods.
• Conduct basic research and new product research development of foods.
• Develop new and improved method systems for food processing, production, quality control, packaging and distribution.
• Study methods to improve quality of foods, like flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience, or physical, chemical, and microbiological composition of foods.
• Develop food standards, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management water supply specifications.
• Test new products in test kitchen and develop specific processing methods in laboratory pilot plant, and confer with process engineers, flavor experts, and packaging marketing specialists to resolve problems.
• May specialize in one phase of food technology, like product development, quality control, or production inspection, technical writing, teaching, or consulting.
• May specialize in particular branch of food technology, like cereal grains, meat and poultry, fats and oils, seafood, animal foods, beverages, dairy products, flavors, sugars and starches, stabilizers, preservatives, colors, nutritional additives, and be identified according to branch of food technology.

I appreciate your time taken to review my credentials and experience. I look forward to being interviewed at your earliest convenience.