Zachary Caplan

R&D Director, Pepsi-Starbucks North American Coffee Partnership

Role
R & d Director, Pepsi-starbucks North American Coffee Partnership at PepsiCo
Location
Yonkers, NY, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Zachary Caplan

Director of Product Development for the Global Hydration & Adult Refreshment beverages platforms. Lead global development projects for the AQUAFINA, LIFEWTR, & BUBLY trademarks, and serve as Subject Matter Expert for Hydration beverage development. Collaborate with all cross-functional R&D groups including Microbiology, Quality, Food Safety, Engineering, Packaging, Ingredient Discovery, Applications, Flavor Technology, Sweetener Technology, Sensory, & Insights. Previous R&D experiences include development of Ready-to-Eat Desserts & Ready-to-Drink Beverages. Also familiar with Dairy Processing Techniques such as Gravity Separation, Centrifugal Separation, Homogenization, Pasteurization, UHT, Microfiltration, and Ultrafiltration.

Experience

  1. R & d Director, Pepsi-starbucks North American Coffee Partnership

    PepsiCo

    Jan 2023 — Present · Valhalla, NY, US

Education

  • Cornell University

    Masters, Food Science, Dairy Science & Processing

    2005 — 2007

  • Cornell University

    Bachelors, Food Science & Technology

    1997 — 2001

  • University College Dublin

    Professional Diploma, Food Safety & Quality

    2018 — 2019

Skills

  • Food Science
  • Ingredients
  • Dairy
  • Sensory Evaluation
  • Flavors
  • Food Technology
  • Food Processing
  • Food Industry
  • Haccp
  • Commercialization
  • Food Safety
  • Dairy Products
  • Food Microbiology
  • Food
  • Customer Insight
  • R&D
  • Product Innovation
  • Product Development

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