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Food R&D / Product Development Intern (RTC & RTE foods)
MITRA by ODOD Group is hiring two Food R&D / Product Development Interns in Hyderabad to build ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat products for foodservice, retail and export. Interns take recipes through trials, formulation, costing, standardisation and pilot production.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 0–1 years
- Salary / stipend
- Paid · ₹15,000
- Apply by
- 07 Nov 2026
- Job type
- Internship
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
- Openings
- 2
Who can apply
Food Technology, Food Science, Hotel Management, Culinary Arts, Hospitality or related fields
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Help develop new RTC and RTE food products
- Run recipe development and R&D kitchen trials
- Turn recipes into precise commercial formulations
- Run ingredient and flavour trials, tasting and sensory evaluation
- Help with product costing and yield calculations
- Test products in different applications and study competing products
- Document trials and results
- Take part in pilot and production trials
What the employer asks for
- Fresher or up to 1 year of experience
- Background in Food Technology, Food Science, Hotel Management, Culinary Arts or related
- Interest in food product development and Indian (especially South Indian) cuisine
- Basic Excel, communication and documentation skills
- Comfortable working hands-on in an R&D kitchen
About the employer
MITRA by ODOD Group develops ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat food products for restaurants, caterers, retail and international markets.
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
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Skills for this role
What employers ask for in Fresher / Final-Year Student (Any Role) roles. named in this notice
- Product development
- Sensory evaluation
- Costing and yield
- Recipe standardisation
- Fresher
- Graduate Trainee
- Management Trainee
- Food Technologist
- Trainee QC
- Trainee Production
- B.Tech Food Technology
- M.Sc Food Technology
- Dairy Technology
- In-plant training
- Internship
- HACCP
Pay on similar vacancies
From 10 Internships vacancies on FSD in the same role family that publish pay. Monthly, before deductions.
This vacancy: ₹15,000 a month (upper end).
Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for Fresher / Final-Year Student (Any Role) roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- Tell us about yourself and why you chose food technology.
- Explain one unit operation you studied (drying, extrusion, pasteurisation) and where it is used.
- What did you learn during your in-plant training or internship, and what did you contribute?
- What is HACCP, and why is it important in a food plant?
- Describe your final-year project, the methods you used and the result.
- Where do you see yourself in three years, and which area of food technology interests you most?
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Ask your college for an NOCMany plants and labs ask for a no-objection letter from your department.
- Write a two-line note on what you want to learnMention the unit operations or lab techniques you are keen on.
Source & editorial check
Original posting: 2026-10-23
Checked 2026-11-05 · Updated 2026-11-05
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