Torben Isak Email & Phone Number

Central Region, Denmark

• Camlin Fine Sciences, listed at Mumbai Stock Exchange, is a dynamic company with an action-oriented entrepreneurial business culture. In the position as Senior Scientist, I have a variety of tasks.
• Collaborate with CFS Europe, Italy and Mumbai R&D Laboratory on shelf-life experiments, product development and test systems
• Global development of CFS’s rosemary extract portfolio (supply and quality improvement i.e. cost, performance, colour, flavour, oil-solubility, water-dispersibility, etc.)
• Source natural antioxidant materials from suppliers on a continuous basis and screen for antioxidant activity, appearance and flavour in collaboration with Mumbai R&D Laboratory
• Write global raw material purchasing specs considering FCC, food / feed additive regulations, and certifications (Halal, Kosher, GMP+, FAMI-QS)
• Technical meetings: customers, partners, contract manufacturers and distributors in Europe

Århus Area, Denmark

• In this position I managed projects and developed new antioxidant solutions, reformulated existing products, identified new antioxidant applications and evaluated new antioxidants and suppliers.
• Managed/worked on 2 projects and worked on 2 other projects - Stage Gate Model (duration ~ 3 year each)
• Two patent applications filed in 2013 and 2015
• Tested more than 100 natural ingredients/plant extracts in various applications
• Tested materials in multiple food and feed applications (oils & fats, emulsions, beverage, meat, pet food, etc.)
• Hands-on experience in the lab: from mg/g screening models to pilot plant scale

Århus Area, Denmark

• In this position (parallel with my antioxidant specialist role) I combined my oils & fats experience with emulsifier/stabiliser know-how.
• Technical support on emulsifiers (monoglycerides, PGPR, LACTEM) and stabilisers (alginate, pectin) for oils & fats applications
• Low-fat spreads, table margarine, mélange products, shortening and puff-pastry margarine
• Launch of GRINDSTED® CRYSTALLIZER range (pro-crystalliser for non-trans fats); contributed with cake and puff-pastry shortening data
• Customer visits in Scandinavia and Latin America

Århus Area, Denmark

• In this position I was spending time with customers solving their technical problems and promoting our solutions. The antioxidant business was showing high growth rates in particular the GUARDIAN™ Rosemary Extract.
• Customer visits with particular focus on Latin America; 30-50 days per year
• Development and technical marketing of GUARDIAN™ Rosemary Extract portfolio
• Development and technical marketing of GRINDOX™ Antioxidant products
• Performance experiments in oils & fats, emulsions, meats, bakery applications and similar products
• Author of more than 20 internal scientific reports

Århus Area, Denmark

• In this position (parallel with my antioxidant specialist role) I screened large amounts of hydrocolloids (pectins, carrageenans, starches, guar, LBG, xanthan) for their ability to control fruit floatation as well as.
• Characterisation of hydrocolloids’ ability to control fruit flotation and interfacial gelation (hydrocolloid/milk interaction or “hockey puck” formation)
• Launch of GRINDSTED® YF 310, a pectin for fruit-on-the-bottom yoghurt application
• Rheology investigated by Haake (yield stress/zero shear viscosity), Rapid Visco Analyser, Bostwick Consistometer and Texture Analyser equipment
• Experimental design, experiment execution, data analysis, interpretation, scientific reports, technical sales brochure and commercialisation
• Best technical report award Innovation (worldwide) Nov 2001

Århus Area, Denmark

• In this position I learned a lot about triglycerides – oils and fats. Because AAK sells their products to a wide range of food products I also got experience with a large number of food matrices.
• Development of oil & fat products based on blending, fractionation, inter-esterification and hydrogenation processes
• Launch of various Dairy Fat Alternatives based on pilot plant developments and confirmed functionality at dairy plants in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe
• Support to ice cream, dairy, infant formula, margarine, fat spread as well as some confectionary applications
• Technical support; advice, visits and seminars (EU, Russia and Ukraine)
• Hands-on laboratory experience. Experiments in ice cream, dairy and fat spread pilot plants

Msc, Dairy Science And Technology (Mejeriingeniør)

University of Copenhagen. Faculty of Science. Department of Food Science. MSc in Dairy Science and Technology (mejeriingeniør).

Food Science

Department Of Media, Cognition And Communication. International Development Studies (45 Ects).