Employee portrait

At the terms processes, quality management or food safety, many people wince. many people flinch: Not so at Rugenbräu AG. Because around Nadja Lüthi the requirements and conditions become comprehensible and provide security. Read more about her career and her work here.

After an apprenticeship as a chemist, I studied at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree in food technology. I gained my first experience in quality assurance and quality management in the chocolate industry, later also in management positions. After the "chocolate job", I switched to the beer and spirits sector, where I am responsible for QA + QM. For some time now, I have also been responsible for research and development.
I live with my husband and two daughters in the beautiful Diemtigtal valley.

There is always something unexpected, so it never gets boring. It's also fun to work in an interdisciplinary way.

Traditional, familiar, innovative

In recent years, I have been able to optimize a great deal in the area of QA/QM, which is reflected in well-functioning processes in the area of quality and food safety. I am also proud that I have been able to build up a good food safety culture, so that we can work together as a team in a solution- and goal-oriented manner in the event of any problems.

Process understanding, technical and scientific understanding, product knowledge, analytical skills, interdisciplinary work, but also social skills such as the ability to work in a team, empathy and communication skills: Ability to work in a team, empathy and communication skills.

How important and complex food safety is and how many risks can occur in food and beverage production. No safe food without controlled processes!

I was able to acquire a great deal of specialist knowledge about beer and spirits. My sensory skills were greatly developed in both areas.

Wheat beer with or without alcohol - in a fun round.

Wheat - I really like the fruity and phenolic notes that are also present in non-alcoholic wheat beer.

Depending on the location, I generally prefer a bottle that is not too big or a glass that is too big, as I am not such a fast beer drinker and like to keep it cold until the end - but cans are very practical when out and about in the mountains or at the lake and are therefore preferred there.

With my father, who died a long time ago - there would be so much to tell.

More of a night owl as long as I don't have to get up too early in the morning.

Preferably a lake in the mountains 😉

Order, but not always successful.

Spending time with my family or friends - at the lake, in the mountains or on the football pitch watching my girls play.

Family - health - good food and drink

Meienfallseeli in the Diemtigtal valley

The first thing I do when I get up is have a coffee...

Tradition, home, passion for moments of pleasure

I don't know what others do, but we do it well 😊

Open and collegial interaction, solution-oriented, short decision-making processes, open to optimization and quite simply because we produce good products.

Continue to produce high-quality and innovative products in the future.