When a person feels down or just plain hungry, chocolates always fill the yearning for sweets. What more if you get paid to eat chocolates? That would be more than just a sweet escape.
But that is a fact: Mondelez International, the company that owns iconic chocolate brands such as Oreo and Cadbury, is looking for a part-time taste tester. In this job, a taste tester will help develop flavors for the company’s new products. He will also be part of an 11-person panel.
Aside from the task of creating new varieties of flavors, the taste tester must also have the ability to raise ethical and compliance issues with regards to the production of their chocolates. The job description will be formally titled “Chocolate and Cocoa Beverage Taster.” Applicants are required to work 7.5 hours per week between 12:15 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. from Tuesday through Thursday. The position is based at the company’s Reading office in England, Fox 59 reports.
According to MSN, a chocolate taste tester must have the palate to distinguish and discern tastes. He must also have the ability to describe and use a well-defined dictionary to provide an objective feedback. Furthermore, he must be able to have some knowledge when it comes to chocolate-related concerns.
Ten years ago, Cadbury faced a major controversy. Authorities from the Food Standards Agency investigated the company after it withdrew more than a million bars which is predicted to be contaminated with a rare kind of salmonella. Cadbury immediately released a statement saying that the recall is precautionary. However, a bacteriologist claimed that there is no such thing as a safe level for salmonella in chocolates.
The possible contamination was traced from a leak at the Cadbury’s Marlbrook plant in Herefordshire. After the investigation, experts verified that the chocolate bars were indeed contaminated with montevideo strain of salmonella. One of its best-selling products is the Cadbury Dark Chocolate bar. Experts have proven that dark chocolate is highly-beneficial for our bodies.
