Food Applications Intern - Dairy, Bakery & Confectionery

Job Summary

What’s next in your career? If it’s working on cutting-edge solutions in food, health, and sustainability, you’re in the right place.

Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in Tlalnepantla, Mexico (on-site). Be part of a technical, collaborative, and results-driven team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Support laboratory management and raw material inventory control
• Participate in laboratory applications for dairy, bakery, and confectionery
• Assist in pilot plant trials
• Support product evaluations and development activities
• Follow up on shelf-life studies
• Register and track data in internal systems and files
• Support general laboratory operational activities

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Active student in Food Chemistry, Food Engineering, Biochemistry or related field
• Knowledge in food areas: dairy, bakery or confectionery
• Academic experience in laboratory work and reporting
• Basic knowledge of laboratory equipment and food processes
• Excel skills (formulas, filters, charts, pivot tables)
• Basic to intermediate English (reading and data entry)
• Availability for 6 hours per day (7:00 am–1:00 pm or 10:00 am–4:00 pm)

How Would You Stand Out?

• Interest in food product development
• Proactive mindset and quick learner
• Strong organization and attention to detail

Why Choose Us?

• Internship program up to 12 months
• Hands-on experience in food applications lab
• Exposure to pilot plant and product development
• Real industry projects
• Continuous learning and development
• Collaborative global environment

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more