Culinary Nutrition Analyst

The role:

This role will play a critical part in helping CookUnity become a more nutrition-forward, science-backed food business by supporting nutrition standards, meal classification, ingredient audits, nutrient optimization initiatives, legal claims documentation, and chef-facing nutrition tools.

This position is ideal for a Nutritionist/Dietitian who is passionate about food science, nutrition standards, ingredient transparency, nutrient optimization, and translating nutrition knowledge into practical tools for culinary teams.

You enjoy being part of a team and understand that the impact of your work will help improve CookUnitys meals, ingredients, nutrition communication, and overall eater experience.

Responsibilities:

1. Nutrition Standards and Meal Classification Support:
   • Support the development, documentation, and implementation of CookUnitys Core Line Nutrition Standards and meal classification framework.
   • Assist in classifying active Core Line meals according to the new nutrition standards and process-level classification logic.
   • Review recipe and nutrition data to identify whether meals meet defined nutritional criteria.
   • Help maintain clear records of meal classification status, gaps, exceptions, and follow-up actions.
   • Collaborate with Culinary, Nutrition, Legal, Menu, and Data teams to ensure standards are applied consistently.
2. Nutrient Optimization Tools and Playbook Support:
   • Support updates to CookUnitys Nutrition Standards + Legal Claims Playbook.
   • Assist in organizing chef-facing nutrition guidelines, claiming criteria, nutrient optimization tips, and practical recipe improvement recommendations.
   • Help update internal tools, including CookUnitys internal and proprietary AI tools, with the latest nutrition standards, classification logic, and nutrient-optimization guidance.
   • Translate nutrition science into clear, actionable recommendations for chefs and internal stakeholders.
   • Maintain documentation to ensure nutrition guidance is accurate, consistent, and easy to use.
3. Ingredient Specification Screening and Standardization:
   • Screen priority ingredient specifications against CookUnitys Nutrient Optimization criteria.
   • Identify gaps between current ingredient specifications and desired nutrition or ingredient integrity standards.
   • Support the standardization of priority ingredients by reviewing nutrition facts, ingredient labels, additives, claims, and specification documents.
   • Help organize findings and recommendations for ingredient upgrades, reformulations, or vendor follow-ups.
   • Maintain ingredient tracking files and dashboards to monitor progress across priority ingredient specs.
4. Recipe, Cooking Method, and Nutrient-Retention Research Support:
   • Assist in preparing documentation for MVP kitchen pilots comparing current versus optimized cooking methods.
   • Help collect, organize, and analyze pilot results, including nutritional impact, operational feasibility, and chef feedback.
   • Support lab test documentation for cooking-method replacements, including nutrient-retention impact and recommendation summaries.
   • Help prepare scale, iterate, or reject recommendations based on pilot and lab validation results.
5. Eater-Facing Nutrition Education Support:
   • Support the creation of eater-facing education related to nutrient preservation, including reheating, storage, and leftovers best practices.
   • Help draft clear, science-backed educational content for customer communication channels such as CRM, FAQs, website content, flyers, or other agreed formats.
   • Ensure consumer-facing content is accurate, simple, brand-aligned, and legally appropriate.
   • Collaborate with Culinary Nutrition, Marketing, CRM, Legal, and Customer Experience teams as needed.
6. Legal Claims and Nutrition Communication Audits:
   • Help keep CookUnitys Nutrition Standards + Legal Claims Playbook updated.
   • Support the development of claim standards checklists for nutrition, ingredient, and health-related communications.
   • Assist in auditing high-impact communication channels such as meal descriptions, website content, meal names, CRM, PR materials, and other customer-facing assets.
   • Document potential claim risks, inconsistencies, or improvement opportunities.
   • Support preparation of reports with findings and corrective action recommendations for key stakeholders.
7. Ingredients Integrity Audit Support:
   • Support the development and implementation of CookUnitys Ingredients Integrity Audit Standards.
   • Assist in auditing ingredients for label accuracy, ingredient declaration accuracy, nutrition facts validation, and alignment with internal standards.
   • Help review Recipe Management System ingredient data, ingredient labels, nutrition facts labels, specifications, and vendor-provided documentation.
   • Support classification of ingredients by category, impact level, integrity criteria, and compliance status.
   • Help build a baseline of ingredient integrity across CookUnitys ingredient portfolio.

Qualifications:

• Nutritionist/Dietitian degree, or advanced student close to graduation.
• 12 years of previous experience in nutrition, food labeling, recipe analysis, ingredient review, food science, quality, or data entry roles.
• Strong understanding of nutrition principles, nutrient analysis, ingredient labels, nutrition facts panels, and food composition.
• Experience reviewing recipes, ingredients, food labels, or nutrition databases is preferred.
• Intermediate/advanced user of Google Sheets/Excel and AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude.
• Ability to organize large amounts of nutrition, recipe, and ingredient data with accuracy.
• Excellent written and spoken English, as CookUnitys HQ is located in the USA and the role will interact with global teams.
• Experience in the food industry, culinary operations, meal delivery, food service, or CPG is a plus.
• Knowledge of food regulations, nutrition claims, allergens, additives, or food labeling standards is a plus.
• Knowledge of US Dietary Guidelines and FDA labeling requirements preferred.

Learn More About CookUnity

We believe great leadership starts with alignment on vision, values, and ways of working. To give you deeper insight into who we are and what were looking for, we invite you to explore: CookUnity's Leadership Principles The values and behaviors that guide how we operate, collaborate, and scale.

We hope this provides valuable insight into our culture and product vision. If this excites you, wed love to connect!

Benefits

Get paid in USD

Work remotely: design the life that you want

Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date

16 fully paid Argentinean holidays

Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider

5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

Paid Family leave

Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises

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