intern product development chocolate milk
This internship will be in the department Product Development Ambient and Concentrated where we develop long life dairy drinks and evaporated milks. During the internship the main objectives are to gain practical experience in an R&D organization, and to develop personal skills and competences. The activities will be focusing on the processing and analyzing of chocolate milk. We would like to build knowledge on recipe requirements and processing on pilot plant scale and the impact on product quality. Learnings will be used for upscaling to factory.
What we ask
- An enthusiastic, independent, driven student that easily communicates with others
- Good foundation of food technology and food ingredients, basic knowledge of dairy technology
- Student with EU nationality or enrolled at a Dutch university
- Final years of relevant study, e.g. Food Technology (BSc Applied Sciences HBO, University).
- Fluent in English, both oral and written
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Ambition to pursue a future career in product development or research
What we offer
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.
Vacancy description
What you will do
- The internship activities will focus on processing and analyzing chocolate drink, and support to various projects.
- Important aspects you will work on are:
- Setting up and assisting in trials of different scale to test different processing conditions and recipes.
- Following the physical stability of the products during shelf-life and using/improving analytical methods (rheology, particle size measurements, microscopy etc.).
- Discussing stability issues, effect of different ingredients, recipes and processes, sensorial aspects with internal and external experts.
- Reporting all the results.
Team Details
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