《财富》美国500强公司8大酷到没朋友的工作岗位

资深冰淇淋研发科学家——克罗格公司

    国茶（音译）拿到食品科学和技术学位毕业时共有四个工作机会：一个是在海产品行业，一个是家禽业，一个是在营养饮料（如Slimfast这类），还有一个是冰淇淋业。他最后做了显而易见的选择。现在他供职于连锁超市巨头克罗格公司（Kroger），该公司共有16个乳品厂和两个冰淇淋厂。国茶的工作就是设法让营销团队梦想的冰淇淋口味成为现实。他所创造的成果最后会在克罗格超市的货架上独家售卖。

    因为基本的奶制品混合物常常达不到这种要求，国茶的工作大部分都是围绕用于制造口味的原料展开的。今年他开发了一种越橘味的冰淇淋。因为美国这种水果不多，所以难度特别大。他开发的一款凤梨椰肉酸奶很快就要上市了，大家可以先尝为快。很显然他这工作最让人开心的一点就是每天都得吃一勺冰淇淋。他说：“这就得控制好份量了。”

Senior Scientist - The Kroger Co.

    Quoc Tra had four job prospects when he graduated with a food science and technology degree: one in seafood, a gig in poultry, another in nutritional beverages (think Slimfast), and one in ice cream. He made the obvious choice. Now at supermarket giant Kroger, which has 16 dairies and two ice cream plants, Tra figures out how to make the marketing team’s dream ice cream flavors a reality. His creations end up getting sold exclusively in Kroger’s supermarket aisles.

    Since the base dairy mixes aren’t tinkered with that often, most of Tra’s work is around the ingredients that go into making flavors. This year he developed a huckleberry product, especially challenging since there’s not much of the fruit out there. Look for a pineapple coconut frozen yogurt he worked on that’s launching soon. Clearly the best part of his job is the spoonsful of ice cream he’s required to eat every day. “It’s all about portion control,” he says.