About this role
The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.
Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.
Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple”
We are seeking an experienced Food Scientist to work onsite at our lab located in Affton, MO. The ideal candidate may travel to Beloit, WI for a period of time to train but will be based in Affton, MO and work at our lab there.
The focus will be to consistently improve food quality including flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience, as well as the physical, chemical, and microbiological composition of food. Support production of customer projects by working collaboratively with the production plant(s) during start up through scaling and commercialization processes. Understand competitive market to meet and exceed customer project expectations and production requirements for commercialization of products. Visit our website here www.Irca.eu and see our products
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This R&D Scientist role at ircagroup is based in Affton, Missouri. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
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This is listed as a Permanent Full Time position. It is posted as a R&D Scientist role in the R&D department at ircagroup.
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This R&D Scientist position at ircagroup was posted on Jul 14, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.