About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business. Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
About the role
We are seeking a motivated and science-driven R&D Intern – Product Design, Plant Butter and Spreads to support our Wrappers team. In this role, you will support wrappers recipes and process design initiatives within the Wrappers and Spreads team. Your responsibilities will include conducting research and trials on recipes design (incl. functional ingredient replacement/omitting), analysing process & performance conditions of current recipes versus proposed recipes. You will also conduct laboratory & performance testing of current recipes versus new proposed recipes to compare and evaluate the crystallization behaviours, droplet sizes, firmness and stabilities. You will also organize tasting sessions with the team, evaluating impact of changes on the taste profiles of the current recipe samples versus proposed recipe. Additionally, you will gather data on product quality and performance attributes and prepare the reports to track impact of changes and identify areas for improvement. Conducting lab scale, pilot plant scale trials according the recipe and process proposals and performing quality, taste and performance analyses of the trials will also be an important part of your role. This role will provide critical support in our research, design and innovation studies to design delicious, nutritious, affordable products by helping our company to navigate industry challenges and transformation towards a consumer/customer expectations.
Location: Wageningen, Netherlands Hybrid: 3–4 days per week in the office. Start date: March 2026 Duration: 6 months
So, what does it take to be successful in this role? You are enrolled as a student for the whole duration of the internship You are a bachelor/master student in Food Technology or a similar field Interest in consumer goods, recipe and process design Proficiency in Microsoft Office You are interested in getting work experience Strong communication skills and willingness to learn and contribute to the organization.
