I'm Sravanthi Budaraju, Ph.D. · Food science & R&D leadership

Deep food science, built with your team—from early R&D to the products and processes customers meet every day.

I lead R&D at Stone Gate Foods—partnering across functions when work has to hold on the line and in the market. My Ph.D. is from the University of Minnesota; my career spans ingredients, plant-forward categories, and household brands. Research, consulting, mentorship, or technical storytelling—say hello below.

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§ 01 / Positioning

Authority without noise.

I work with teams who need rigorous food science—whether you are scaling a process, interpreting sensory data, or communicating technical risk to non-scientific stakeholders.

I've organized this site around three equal tracks: collaboration and consulting, mentorship for students and early-career scientists, and a journal where I publish trends, explainers, and data-grounded perspectives.

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PhD

Food technology

R&D

Industry + academia

Mentor

Early-career scientists

§ 02 / Engagement

Three ways you can work with me.

Whether you are in industry or academia, a student or post-doc, or a reader who wants evidence-led food tech analysis—each path has a clear front door.

Consulting & collaboration

Process, shelf-life, plant-forward and extraction topics, experimental design, and memos leadership can act on—grounded in industry R&D and my Minnesota Ph.D.

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Mentorship

Publications, interviews, and the unwritten curriculum of food science careers—direct feedback when you bring specific questions and follow through.

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Journal & explainers

I publish long-form writing on trends, methods, and data studies—like a lab notebook edited by a magazine desk.

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§ 03 / Archive

Selected publications

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2023

Processing technologies for the extraction of value-added bioactive compounds from tea

Sonali Raghunath, Sravanthi Budaraju, Seyed Mohammad Taghi Gharibzahedi, Mohamed Koubaa, Shahin Roohinejad, Kumar Mallikarjunan

Food Engineering Reviews, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 276–308

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Sonali Raghunath, Sravanthi Budaraju, Seyed Mohammad Taghi Gharibzahedi, Mohamed Koubaa, Shahin Roohinejad, & Kumar Mallikarjunan. (2023). Processing technologies for the extraction of value-added bioactive compounds from tea. Food Engineering Reviews, 15(2), 276–308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12393-023-09338-2

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Review of conventional and innovative extraction approaches (microwave, ultrasound, pressurized liquid, pulsed electric field, supercritical CO₂) for tea bioactives—including catechins and caffeine—with discussion of yield, activity, and practical tradeoffs.

2021

The antioxidant activity of barley malt rootlet extracts in heated corn oil at frying temperature

Sravanthi Budaraju, P. Kumar Mallikarjunan, A. Saari Csallany

Food and Nutrition Sciences, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 899–914

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Citation (APA 7)

Sravanthi Budaraju, P. Kumar Mallikarjunan, & A. Saari Csallany. (2021). The antioxidant activity of barley malt rootlet extracts in heated corn oil at frying temperature. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 12(9), 899–914. https://doi.org/10.4236/fns.2021.129067

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Evaluates antioxidant activity of phenolic-rich barley malt rootlet extracts in corn oil under frying-relevant heating, connecting malt coproduct chemistry to lipid oxidation control.

2020

Effect of innovative food processing technologies on the physicochemical and nutritional properties and quality of non-dairy plant-based beverages

Paulo E. S. Munekata, Rubén Domínguez, Sravanthi Budaraju, Elena Roselló-Soto, Francisco J. Barba, Kumar Mallikarjunan, Shahin Roohinejad, José M. Lorenzo

Foods, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 288

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Paulo E. S. Munekata, Rubén Domínguez, Sravanthi Budaraju, Elena Roselló-Soto, Francisco J. Barba, Kumar Mallikarjunan, Shahin Roohinejad, & José M. Lorenzo. (2020). Effect of innovative food processing technologies on the physicochemical and nutritional properties and quality of non-dairy plant-based beverages. Foods, 9(3), 288. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9030288

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Synthesizes thermal and non-thermal processing options (HPP, HPH, PEF, ultrasound, etc.) for plant-based beverages, focusing on shelf life, emulsion stability, nutrition retention, and sensory quality.

2018

Effect of pre-treatments on the antioxidant potential of phenolic extracts from barley malt rootlets

Sravanthi Budaraju, P. Kumar Mallikarjunan, George Annor, Tonya Schoenfuss, Roger Raun

Food Chemistry, vol. 266, pp. 31–37

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Citation (APA 7)

Sravanthi Budaraju, P. Kumar Mallikarjunan, George Annor, Tonya Schoenfuss, & Roger Raun. (2018). Effect of pre-treatments on the antioxidant potential of phenolic extracts from barley malt rootlets. Food Chemistry, 266, 31–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.05.110

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Compares pretreatment effects on phenolic recovery and antioxidant potential from barley malt rootlets, informing valorization of brewing coproducts.

§ 04 / Journal

Writing worth revisiting

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Industry trends

The next decade of food technology

A data-grounded look at where the field is actually going — from precision fermentation moving past pilot plants, to AI-led sensory panels, separated from the hype cycles.

March 15, 2026

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Research explainers

Clean label explained without the marketing fog

A practical framework for what clean label claims can mean in formulation, labeling law-adjacent reality, and consumer comprehension—minus the trend deck.

February 10, 2026

Education

Designing sensory studies that survive scrutiny

A mentor-style primer on panel design choices, common failure modes, and how to write methods so reviewers (and future you) can trust the result.

November 18, 2025

§ 05 / Contact

Tell me what you are trying to solve.

Use the form whether you are following up on a services path from above or starting from scratch—I read every message. Expect a thoughtful reply within two business days; longer if your note needs research time.