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Hire Dr. Siow Ying T.

Singapore

USD 200 /hr

Food Scientist, Ex-PepsiCo R&D Lead, Strategy, Ingredient, Formulation, Technology Assessment, F&B Product Development

Profile Summary

With over 18 years of industry experience and a Ph.D. in Food Science, Siow Ying is the founder and lead consultant of Vista Innovate, a firm that specializes in strategic innovation for the food and beverage industry. She leverages her subject matter expertise to identify future ingredients, processing, and food technologies, and deliver actionable and practical solutions to Consumer, Products & Goods R&D partners. Siow Ying's technical skills cover a wide range of functional ingredient (dairy and plant-based proteins, natural preservatives, natural sweeteners, bulking agents, stabilizers, off-flavor mitigation) development, modification, and application, as well as sugar reduction, product stability, and sensory attributes (bitterness, sweet lingering, astringency). She has successfully developed and implemented beverage products and formulations for multiple billion-dollar brands, and holds multiple patents and publications in her field. She also excels at building robust relationships and cultivating impactful research consortium and partnerships between universities, research institutes, corporations, and start-ups. She assesses external ecosystems, mapping funding and research opportunities, and providing pragmatic recommendations. She is a member of several industry and academic advisory boards, and a mentor for innovation grants.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Product Evaluation
• ★ Technology Scouting
• ★ Consumer Products
• ☆ Food Preservation
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Food Processing
• ☆ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Reverse Engineering
• ☆ Stability Testing
• ☆ Shelf-Life Testing
• ☆ Concept Development
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Product Evaluation, Concept Development

Work Experience

Founder/ Managing Director

Vista Innovate Pte Ltd

July 2023 - Present

Education

PhD

Cornell University

August 2003 - January 2007

Masters of Science

Louisiana state university

August 2001 - August 2003

Bachelor of Science

Louisiana state university

August 1997 - May 2001

Certifications

• Professional Diploma in Food Safety & Quality

  University College Dublin

  January 2021 - Present

Publications

PATENT

Siow Ying Tan (2020). Beverage and food production using Greek yogurt acid whey .

Siow Ying Tan (2018). Beverage and Food Production using Greek Yogurt Acid Whey .

Siow Ying Tan (2014). Reduction of sorbic acid precipitation by forming microemulsion .

Siow Ying Tan (2014). Reduction of sorbic acid precipitation .

Siow Ying Tan (2010). Resistant starch with cooking properties similar to untreated starch .

Siow Ying Tan (2010). Resistant starch with cooking properties similar to untreated starch .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ting Wang, Siow-Ying Tan, William Mutilangi, Marcal Plans, Luis Rodriguez-Saona (2016). Application of infrared portable sensor technology for predicting perceived astringency of acidic whey protein beverages . Journal of Dairy Science.

Siow Ying Tan, Ting Wang, William Mutilangi, Didem P. Aykas, Luis E. Rodriguez‐Saona (2015). Authentication of Whey Protein Powders by Portable Mid‐Infrared Spectrometers Combined with Pattern Recognition Analysis . Journal of Food Science.

Siow Ying Tan, Chi Kong Yeung, Elad Tako, Raymond P. Glahn, Ross M. Welch, Xingen Lei, Dennis D. Miller (2008). Iron Bioavailability to Piglets from Red and White Common Beans (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i>) . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.