Every Day, We Apply Science and Creativity for a Better World
Innovation is at the heart of IFF’s purpose of applying science and creativity to create a better world. This purpose is what unites our employees and challenges them to push past traditional boundaries while creating breakthrough, sustainable solutions for our customers.
Our focus on health and well-being, nutrition, sensorial experiences, and building a better world has remained unwavering as we grow our business to be the leader in consumer-driven product solutions.
We have centralized our approach to innovation allowing our businesses and scientists to collaborate. This enables efficiency and cross-fertilization of expertise, technology, and capability. Ultimately, our approach speeds the time to market, which is critical in the fast-paced, consumer-driven world
we serve.
“High impact, breakthrough innovation requires creativity and science. IFF has some of the most revered teams of innovation professionals including scientists, engineers, regulatory specialists, sustainability experts and applications gurus working together across businesses and categories."
Manasi Bhate, PhD, Senior Scientist,
Palo Alto, CA
“I design proteins that power the products we use in our everyday lives. Proteins are tremendously versatile, biodegradable molecules and realizing their full potential is key to building a sustainable future. At IFF, we develop technologies to engineer the properties of proteins by tinkering at the atomic level - it's an eclectic mix of chemistry, synthetic biology and computation.
I'm always amazed by the difference that a few atoms can make! It’s inspiring to work on projects that are building a more sustainable, healthy future for all.”
MEET OUR EXPERTS
Do not let our age and footprint fool you. While we may be an established multinational organization, we are far from inflexible. We are comprised of the most innovative and creative individuals in the industry, all of whom play a critical role in our success. These team members range from chemists and microbiologists to engineers, regulatory specialists, perfumers, and flavorists – all united in purpose.
We look to others in the sciences and arts for inspiration.
From chemists to fashion designers, chefs to filmmakers, physicians to painters, and everything in between. We use the insights and creative synergies from these unconventional collaborations to further expand our thinking, allowing us to create unique solutions that redefine what is possible.
We have built the most comprehensive innovation capabilities in our industry making us the partner of choice for solving complex, seemingly unsolvable problems. We are committed to creating a better future for people and planet by building sustainability into all our innovation projects.