Our Team

Mr. Onkar Choche

Food Safety Audit, Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Present

FSSC Lead Auditor.

Food Technology Consultant, providing services in the domains of:

• New Product Development
• Confectionery and Chocolates – Hard Boiled Candies; Center filled Candies; Jellies; Centre filled Jellies; Ice-lollies; Toffees; Wafer and Cream based Confectionery products; Cocoa based Chocolates and Confectionery products.
• Beverages – Fruit Pulp / Fruit Concentrate based Beverages; Fruit or Flavour based Syrups and Concentrates, Carbonated Beverages, Fermented Beverages; Non-dairy Beverages.
• Sauces – Emulsified sauces like Mayonnaise and its variants; Tomato Ketchup; Chutneys; Sriracha; Harissa; Pizza / Pasta Sauces like Arrabbiata, Marinara, Alfredo etc.
• Extruded Products and Snacks – Cereal and Millet based extruded snacks; Traditional Extruded Products (like Kurdai, Sevai, Chakli, Murukku etc.); Noodles; Pasta.
• Premixes – Fruit based beverage premixes; Traditional Cereal Pulses and Millet based premixes; Bakery premixes (like Cake premix; Cookie Premix, Whipped cream premix, Custard premix etc.).
• Bakery – Breads; Sponge Cakes; Creams; Biscuits; Cookies.
• Dairy – Milk; Yogurt; Lassi; Dairy based sweets; Dairy based fermented products
• Seasoning – Seasonings for Snacks, Herb Seasonings; Masala seasonings.
• Technology Support:
• Process Standardization from Prototyping to Commercial Scale-up stage.
• Standardizing Product Specifications as per FSSAI and other applicable International Standards.
• Factory Support:
• Factory Compliances.
• Food Safety Management System.
• Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Plan.
• Quality Compliance and Documentation Guidance.
• Quality Assurance, GMP, GHP.
• Training the factory team in product handling, process hygiene, documentation and record keeping, material handling etc.
• Conducting Internal Audits and guide the factory team for 3rd Party audits.
• Support in implementation of voluntary standards and certification like FSSC 22000, BRCGS, ISO etc.
• Regulatory Support as per applicable Standards:
• Label Declarations.
• Understanding Claim Declarations.
• Product Guidelines and Categorization.
• Import and Export Guidelines and Compliances.

Past

Worked with Future Consumer Limited, Keva Flavours Private Limited, Anshul Life Sciences in the departments of New Product Development and Product Applications.

Worked with Future Consumer Limited, Keva Flavours Private Limited, Anshul Life Sciences in the departments of New Product Development and Product Applications.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (Food Engineering and Technology) – Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (Formerly, U.D.C.T).

Post Graduate Program in Agribusiness Management (Part-time) – Prin. L. N. Wellingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai.