Protein Fortification Intern

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference.

Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Location:

Bridgewater, NJ Workplace type:
On Site

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious student to join our Product Development & Food Design team for Summer 2027! As the Protein Fortification Applications Intern, you will contribute to research focused on plant-based proteins and co-products, generating critical insights that support product innovation, portfolio differentiation, and commercialization. You will have the opportunity to characterize ingredient functionality through analytical and application-based testing, correlate attributes with application performance, and support the development of predictive tools that enable faster, more efficient product development.

In this role, you will gain hands‑on experience evaluating emerging ingredients, investigating factors that influence ingredient functionality and sensory performance, and assessing suitability across a variety of food applications. Working closely with cross‑functional teams, you will help advance technical understanding of ingredient behavior and application outcomes, sporting strategic growth and innovation in plant‑based food solutions.

• Conduct searches on prior art (literature, patents), and current technology including competitive activity on related projects, and summarizing the outcomes in appropriate report
• Perform laboratory experiments, conduct data analysis and interpret results to make recommendations to project team and support the project
• Coordinate, summarize and report data generated from these experiments
• Record data in the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and other archiving databases as appropriate; effectively communicating results to project teams and partners
• Present research findings to management with recommendations for future New Product Development or Applied Research projects at completion of internship period

• Progress towards a Bachelor’s degree in food science, chemical engineering, chemistry or related field with laboratory research experience
• Ability to work safely in a laboratory environment
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written technical communication skills, e.g. making presentations and writing technical data/reports
• Willingness to work in a fast‑paced environment
• Reliable transportation required to get to and from facility each workday
• Ability to work 40 hours per week during the summer internship

• Eager to explore careers in the food & beverage industry
• Ability to work collaboratively with peers and others
• Creative problem‑solver with a continuous improvement mindset
• An ambitious individual who loves to see and create results

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must:
Currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. Ingredion does not intend to sponsor work visas with respect to this position or to provide this position as OPT or CPT. Be a currently enrolled student in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program. If currently enrolled in an undergrad status, must have completed at least two years of coursework with status as a sophomore, junior or non‑graduating senior.

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