Daryl Ann Dela Cruz

Research & Development

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Experience

  • Senior Food Scientist at Kraft Heinz
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • NotCo (San Francisco, California, United States)
    • Scientist II, Product Development
      Mar 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Scientist I, Product Development
      Jan 2023 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Project Manager at Helmsman Group
    Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 · 5 mos

  • Food Scientist at Perfect Day
    Aug 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

    - Led technical development of RTD dairy beverage lines through design of experiments, analysis of data, ingredient procurement, and commercialization support. - Established and maintained timelines and life-cycles of multiple projects in order to thoroughly communicate expectations and deliverables to all parties, internally and externally. - Led implementation of new database system to optimize workflow, version control, ingredient repository, food safety protocols, and recipe building. - Conducted shelf-life studies and sensory testing to evaluate new product lines such as RTD beverages and cultured dairy. - Collaborated cross-functionally to compile shelf-life data, maintain food safety documentation, and identify areas of improvement in scale up.

  • Food Technologist at Helmsman Group
    Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr

    - Led technical development for new products including RTD beverages, keto marshmallows, keto marbits, and keto toaster pastries. - Established timelines and life-cycles of cereal project in order to thoroughly communicate expectations to clients. - Support cost optimization projects through sensory and quality review of ingredients and collaboration with commercialization team. - Generate nutritional specifications and pre-manufacturing documents for new products using Genesis and support label review.