Internship Product Development Ready-to-Drink (all genders)
€600 per month
Key Skills
Job Description
The Product Development Ambient and Concentrated department develops dairy drinks and evaporated milk products, mainly long-life, for Europe, South-East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. This internship offers hands-on R&D experience and supports personal development. Activities focus on processing and analyzing ready-to-drink products. The aim is to build knowledge of recipe requirements, pilot plant processing and their impact on product quality, supporting successful factory scale-up. What you will do: During this internship, you will support various projects focused on the processing and analysis of ready-to-drink dairy products. Your responsibilities will include: Setting up and supporting trials at different scales to evaluate processing conditions and product formulations. Monitoring the physical stability of products throughout their shelf life and applying analytical techniques such as rheology, particle size analysis, and microscopy. Collaborating with internal and external experts to investigate stability challenges and assess the impact of ingredients, formulations, processing conditions, and sensory properties. Analyzing, documenting, and presenting experimental results and recommendations. What we ask: An enthusiastic, independent, and driven student who communicates easily with others. A solid foundation in food technology and food ingredients, with basic knowledge of dairy technology. Students residing in the EU with no restrictions on living and conducting an internship in the Netherlands, or students enrolled at a Dutch university. Final-year BSc or MSc student in a relevant field, such as Food Technology. Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Strong planning and organizational skills. An ambition to pursue a future career in product development or research. What we offer: We offer an interesting and challenging internship that provides an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within your field of study. You will receive professional supervision from experienced colleagues, gain hands-on experience in an innovative environment, and receive a monthly internship allowance of €600 based on a full-time internship.
Core Responsibilities
Support trials at different scales to evaluate processing conditions and formulations for ready-to-drink dairy products. Monitor product stability, apply analytical techniques, collaborate on stability challenges, and present experimental findings and recommendations.
Requirements
Applicants should be final-year BSc or MSc students in a relevant field, with a solid foundation in food technology and ingredients and basic dairy technology knowledge. They should be fluent in English, organized, independent, communicative, and eligible to live and intern in the Netherlands or enrolled at a Dutch university.
Benefits
- Professional Supervision
- Hands-On Experience
- Monthly Internship Allowance
About FrieslandCampina
Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
FrieslandCampina is a large international dairy company with a cooperative history dating back more than 150 years. The company processes milk into a wide range of dairy products and ingredients. Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. is fully owned by Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A., with 15,000 dairy farmers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France as members. Through the cooperative, these member dairy farmers jointly own the company. FrieslandCampina provides consumers with dairy products, such as milk, yoghurt, condensed milk, dairy-based beverages, cheese, butter, quark and cream. The dairy company supplies specific nutrition geared to meet the needs of specific consumer groups, such as children, the elderly and sportspeople. Professional customers, such as bakers, pastry chefs, chocolate confectioners, chefs and caterers can also rely on our broad product range, including creams, butter, desserts and fillings. In addition, the company supplies high-quality ingredients to international food producers and pharmaceutical companies. With over 20,000 employees (FTEs) and branches in 29 countries, our products find their way to more than 100 countries worldwide. Our company has an inclusive culture that reflects our heritage. That means people here are open, friendly, straight-forward and pragmatic. Our team players are always seeking collaborations built on trust and respect, and that spirit fuels the power of ‘We’. Our culture is about embracing the power of differences in order to grow together. It is the diversity of our people, their individual enthusiasm and collective commitment to shaping the future of dairy that makes FrieslandCampina such a special place to work. We believe that when you stay true to your nature, you will get the most out of your natural potential. If that is in your nature too. Bring your spark. Join us. Grow with us.