Azeez I

Food Scientist & Formulation Chemist

Freelancing Career • Self-employed

Jun 2019 - Present • 6 yrs 11 mos

I am a Food Scientist and Formulation Chemist specializing in the development of functional foods, beverages, and supplement formulations. My work focuses on creating stable, scalable, and market-ready products with optimized taste, texture, and ingredient performance. I have experience in recipe development, flavor masking (including bitter actives such as botanical extracts and triglycerides), sweetener optimization (Stevia Reb M, monk fruit systems), and clean-label formulation strategies. I also support product stability improvement, ingredient compatibility testing, and cost-effective reformulation for mass-market production. Key achievements include developing prototype formulations for beverage and powdered supplement systems, optimizing bitterness reduction strategies for functional ingredients, and supporting end-to-end product development from concept through lab-scale testing. I work closely with clients to translate product ideas into commercially viable formulations that meet regulatory, sensory, and manufacturing requirements.