Xinhe Huang

Project Description - Pet Food Reaction Flavor Development

Spearheaded the development of an innovative plant-based dog palatant to enhance overall palatability.

• Collaborated with the legal team to perform a comprehensive freedom-to-operate analysis, ensuring seamless project progression.
• Designed and executed experiments to optimize innovative raw material inclusion rates, balancing palatability and cost-effectiveness.
• Partnered with marketing and operations teams for successful product transition from lab to commercial production..
• Launch the new product with superior palatability compared to current and competitor products, while maintaining competitive pricing.

Project Description - Pet Food Flavor Retention Study

Understand the quality change of the flavor profile of the palatant over time through a model study.

• Quantitate key flavor volatiles in palatants using internal standards.
• Create an artificial palatant model with selected flavors, matching color, viscosity, and pH.
• Monitor the model’s aroma profile monthly using GC-MS to understand the causes of any changes.

Analytical Technical Lead

Serve as the subject matter expert in analytical capabilities, with a specialization in chromatography and mass spectrometry.

• Develop new methods for targeted analysis of both volatile and non-volatile compounds using GC-MS and LC-MS.
• Analyzed and interpreted data to support global R&D decision-making, fostering product innovation strategies.
• Train colleagues in analytical flavor chemistry to enhance their technical knowledge and application skills.
• Maintain and troubleshoot instruments to ensure optimal performance and data reliability.

Project Description - Development of Clean-Tasting, High-Protein Pea Protein Isolate

Developed a processing method to reduce beany off-flavors and enhance protein content above 80% in pea protein isolates.