Culinary Nutrition Analyst

Role Description

This role will play a critical part in helping CookUnity become a more nutrition-forward, science-backed food business by supporting nutrition standards, meal classification, ingredient audits, nutrient optimization initiatives, legal claims documentation, and chef-facing nutrition tools. This position is ideal for a Nutritionist/Dietitian who is passionate about food science, nutrition standards, ingredient transparency, nutrient optimization, and translating nutrition knowledge into practical tools for culinary teams. You enjoy being part of a team and understand that the impact of your work will help improve CookUnity’s meals, ingredients, nutrition communication, and overall eater experience.

Responsibilities

• Nutrition Standards and Meal Classification Support:
  • Support the development, documentation, and implementation of CookUnity’s Core Line Nutrition Standards and meal classification framework.
  • Assist in classifying active Core Line meals according to the new nutrition standards and process-level classification logic.
  • Review recipe and nutrition data to identify whether meals meet defined nutritional criteria.
  • Help maintain clear records of meal classification status, gaps, exceptions, and follow-up actions.
  • Collaborate with Culinary, Nutrition, Legal, Menu, and Data teams to ensure standards are applied consistently.
• Nutrient Optimization Tools and Playbook Support:
  • Support updates to CookUnity’s Nutrition Standards + Legal Claims Playbook.
  • Assist in organizing chef-facing nutrition guidelines, claiming criteria, nutrient optimization tips, and practical recipe improvement recommendations.
  • Help update internal tools, including CookUnity’s internal and proprietary AI tools, with the latest nutrition standards, classification logic, and nutrient-optimization guidance.
  • Translate nutrition science into clear, actionable recommendations for chefs and internal stakeholders.
  • Maintain documentation to ensure nutrition guidance is accurate, consistent, and easy to use.
• Ingredient Specification Screening and Standardization:
  • Screen priority ingredient specifications against CookUnity’s Nutrient Optimization criteria.
  • Identify gaps between current ingredient specifications and desired nutrition or ingredient integrity standards.
  • Support the standardization of priority ingredients by reviewing nutrition facts, ingredient labels, additives, claims, and specification documents.
  • Help organize findings and recommendations for ingredient upgrades, reformulations, or vendor follow-ups.
  • Maintain ingredient tracking files and dashboards to monitor progress across priority ingredient specs.
• Recipe, Cooking Method, and Nutrient-Retention Research Support:
  • Assist in preparing documentation for MVP kitchen pilots comparing current versus optimized cooking methods.
  • Help collect, organize, and analyze pilot results, including nutritional impact, operational feasibility, and chef feedback.
  • Support lab test documentation for cooking-method replacements, including nutrient-retention impact and recommendation summaries.
  • Help prepare scale, iterate, or reject recommendations based on pilot and lab validation results.
• Eater-Facing Nutrition Education Support:
  • Support the creation of eater-facing education related to nutrient preservation, including reheating, storage, and leftovers best practices.
  • Help draft clear, science-backed educational content for customer communication channels such as CRM, FAQs, website content, flyers, or other agreed formats.
  • Ensure consumer-facing content is accurate, simple, brand-aligned, and legally appropriate.
  • Collaborate with Culinary Nutrition, Marketing, CRM, Legal, and Customer Experience teams as needed.
• Legal Claims and Nutrition Communication Audits:
  • Help keep CookUnity’s Nutrition Standards + Legal Claims Playbook updated.
  • Support the development of claim standards checklists for nutrition, ingredient, and health-related communications.
  • Assist in auditing high-impact communication channels such as meal descriptions, website content, meal names, CRM, PR materials, and other customer-facing assets.
  • Document potential claim risks, inconsistencies, or improvement opportunities.
  • Support preparation of reports with findings and corrective action recommendations for key stakeholders.
• Ingredients Integrity Audit Support:
  • Support the development and implementation of CookUnity’s Ingredients Integrity Audit Standards.
  • Assist in auditing ingredients for label accuracy, ingredient declaration accuracy, nutrition facts validation, and alignment with internal standards.
  • Help review Recipe Management System ingredient data, ingredient labels, nutrition facts labels, specifications, and vendor-provided documentation.
  • Support classification of ingredients by category, impact level, integrity criteria, and compliance status.
  • Help build a baseline of ingredient integrity across CookUnity’s ingredient portfolio.

Qualifications

• Nutritionist/Dietitian degree, or advanced student close to graduation.
• 1–2 years of previous experience in nutrition, food labeling, recipe analysis, ingredient review, food science, quality, or data entry roles.
• Strong understanding of nutrition principles, nutrient analysis, ingredient labels, nutrition facts panels, and food composition.
• Experience reviewing recipes, ingredients, food labels, or nutrition databases is preferred.
• Intermediate/advanced user of Google Sheets/Excel and AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude.
• Ability to organize large amounts of nutrition, recipe, and ingredient data with accuracy.
• Excellent written and spoken English, as CookUnity’s HQ is located in the USA and the role will interact with global teams.
• Experience in the food industry, culinary operations, meal delivery, food service, or CPG is a plus.
• Knowledge of food regulations, nutrition claims, allergens, additives, or food labeling standards is a plus.
• Knowledge of US Dietary Guidelines and FDA labeling requirements preferred.

Benefits

• Get paid in USD
• Work remotely: design the life that you want
• ⛱ Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date
• 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays
• Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider
• ️ 5-year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
• Paid Family leave
• Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
• ‍♀️ Customize the benefits that suit your needs! Access a range of perks tailored to you, including learning opportunities, wellness memberships, delivery apps, and more through our comprehensive benefit platform
• AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.
• ‍ Personalized English coach