Job Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
This opportunity sits within our R&D Food Ingredients business unit, where we create effective and sustainable solutions with enhanced nutritional profiles, taste, texture, and functionality for food and beverage manufacturers worldwide.
The role is based in Brabrand, Denmark (on-site). You will participate in sensory evaluation activities that support ingredient development across a wide range of food and beverage applications. Working alongside experienced sensory professionals and fellow panel members, you will contribute valuable observations that help guide research and development decisions in a collaborative, supportive, and open-minded environment.
Where You'll Make a Difference
• Evaluate a wide variety of food ingredients and ingredient solutions used across multiple food and beverage applications.
• Participate in sensory evaluation sessions using established testing methods and processes.
• Provide observations during both individual and group evaluation activities.
• Contribute insights that help assess ingredient performance, functionality, and sensory characteristics.
• Follow detailed evaluation protocols and instructions with consistency and accuracy.
• Record evaluations using digital tools and sensory testing technologies, including tablets and similar devices.
• Engage with fellow panel members during scheduled evaluation sessions.
• Attend sensory sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (9 hours per week).
• Help maintain high standards of participation, data quality, and sensory evaluation practices.
What Makes You the Right Fit
• Ability to evaluate food ingredients and ingredient solutions using taste, smell, texture, and visual observations.
• Comfortable participating in sensory testing activities involving a broad range of food ingredients and ingredient solutions, including products containing animal-derived ingredients and approved food additives, with sensory capabilities that allow reliable assessment of taste, aroma, texture, and ingredient-related attributes. Any condition that could significantly affect taste, smell, or participation in sensory evaluations should be disclosed during the assessment process.
• Able to take part in tasting sessions involving different ingredient technologies and product formulations.
• Comfortable evaluating products that may contain a variety of ingredients, including sweeteners and food additives commonly used in food and beverage applications.
• Ability to follow detailed instructions and established evaluation procedures.
• Ability to communicate observations clearly during evaluation sessions.
• Comfortable using technology, including tablets and digital evaluation tools.
• Reliable availability to attend scheduled sensory sessions on a regular basis.
• Fluency in Danish is required.
How Would You Stand Out?
• Previous experience in sensory testing, ingredient evaluation, or consumer research activities.
• Interest in food ingredients, formulation science, and product development.
• Experience using digital tools for data collection or product evaluations.
Why Choose Us?
• Participate in the evaluation of innovative food ingredient solutions.
• Gain exposure to sensory science and ingredient development processes.
• Work with experienced professionals in a structured sensory evaluation environment.
• Enjoy a fixed part-time schedule that provides consistency and flexibility.
• Contribute to projects that help shape future food and beverage innovations.
• Be part of a global organization driven by creativity, science, and innovation.
For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredient business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and, at such time, it will transition to CVC Capital Partners. In applying for this position, you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.
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
Skills Required
- Fluency in Danish
- Reliable availability Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Ability to evaluate food ingredients using taste, smell, texture, and visual observations
- Comfortable participating in sensory tests involving animal-derived ingredients, sweeteners, and approved food additives
- Ability to follow detailed evaluation protocols and instructions consistently
- Ability to communicate observations clearly during evaluation sessions
- Comfortable using technology, including tablets and digital evaluation tools
- Record evaluations using digital tools and sensory testing technologies
- Previous experience in sensory testing, ingredient evaluation, or consumer research
- Interest in food ingredients, formulation science, and product development
- Experience using digital tools for data collection or product evaluations
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
