Fermentation Scaling Internship

About KULT FARM KULT FARM makes a true and natural new whole food from mycelium solid state fermentation. As a venture-backed business, we are pioneering this approach. Our mission 🐠 is to foster the world’s transition to a sustainable food system- without asking consumers to compromise on taste, texture, or price. Our planet 🌎 cannot sustain our current food system; therefore, we believe in producing exceptional alternative products to remove the current strain on our environment and ensure food security for our future ever-growing population.

Kult Farm is a foodtech startup in Barcelona developing novel plant-based protein ingredients through solid-state fermentation. The company is focused on building scalable and sustainable processes for next-generation protein alternatives. This is your opportunity to have an impact on our planet and experience a startup in its earliest days.

Role and Responsibilities ****🔨 Kult Farm is looking for a highly motivated intern to support the scaling of solid-state fermentation processes for new plant-based protein alternatives. The selected candidate will work closely with the R&D team to translate lab protocols into robust pilot-scale processes and contribute to product and process development.

Support experimental planning and execution for solid-state fermentation scaling trials. Prepare substrates, inocula and fermentation runs following SOPs and good laboratory practices. Monitor and record process parameters such as temperature, humidity and time. Assist with sample handling and basic downstream processing.

Contribute to data analysis, reporting and technical documentation. Qualifications****💯 Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or currently enrolled, in a STEM field such as Biotechnology, Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Microbiology or related discipline. English is required. Strong interest in fermentation, alternative proteins and sustainable food systems.

Preferred qualifications

Experience with fermentation is desirable. Experience with process scaling is also desirable. Familiarity with data analysis tools such as Excel, Python or R is a plus. Why join? 🚀 You will work in a cross-disciplinary Production team with food technologists, biotechnologists, microbiologists at a cutting-edge technology.

Trans-disciplinarity at its peak: we believe invention only happens when you connect dots that are seemingly far apart. A high-impact, ambitious startup environment with the ability to learn and grow alongside the company The opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology and make a true impact on the environment and our food system A fun, flexible, and rewarding environment where you can have the ability to thrive as a person Paid internship.

Hands-on experience in fermentation scaling for plant-based proteins.