Intern Ingredient interactions in powdered infant formula products

Intern Ingredient interactions in powdered infant formula products

Would you like to contribute to the development of high-quality infant formula products for the brand Friso? Are you curious about understanding ingredient interactions and how these interactions impact the final product properties? Then we are looking for you!

The R&D department of Specialized Nutrition in Wageningen is developing new and improved products and processes for infants and toddlers for the Greater China market. For this vulnerable group, nutritious products with premium quality are critical. Premium quality for our consumers includes the ease of dissolving the infant formula powder and its stability during processing and shelf life. This will be the focus of this internship.

In this internship we will focus on understanding and optimizing the ingredient interactions in the concentrated wet phase before spray drying. These interactions impact spray drying and, subsequently, the solubility of the final infant formula powder.

You will start this internship by collecting internal/external information about what is known so far. After preparing a research proposal, you will perform lab trials and analyses on the prepared samples. You interpret and present results regularly to the relevant stakeholders and will write a final report at the end of your internship.

This is a 6 month internship with a preferable starting date in February/March 2025.

To be successful in this position, you have/ are:

• Final year of relevant MSc/BSc study, e.g., Food Technology, with good foundation of food technology and food ingredients, and basic knowledge of dairy technology and processes;
• Skillful communicator within R&D and towards colleagues, in English language, both oral and written;
• Independent in project planning and organizational skills;
• Pragmatic, proactive, hands-on mentality, flexible and creative;
• Ambition to pursue a future career in product development.

We offer an interesting and challenging internship position, providing you the opportunity to develop yourself in your work field. You can count on sufficient professional supervision and a reasonable internship allowance.

If you have any questions regarding this internship position, please contact, Esther de Kort (esther.dekort@frieslandcampina.com).

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You will work in the team of Specialized Nutrition, which consists of ca. 60 colleagues working on infant food. You will report regularly to a development specialist, who will help set the scope of your internship. Moreover, you will be in close contact with research development experts and will get help from lab technicians and regular discussions and support by development specialists. The location is Wageningen Innovation Centre and your home office.