Food scientists create new foods and innovative processes.
Working independently or as part of a team, a Food Scientist applies basic scientific principles to practical problems associated with the preservation, storage, quality and safety of the food supply. A food scientist works in a highly competitive and sophisticated industry, incorporating new technologies, processes, packaging and transportation strategies. Food production at all levels is growing and evolving at a phenomenal rate to meet the basic requirements of an expanding world population. Food Scientists look for cost-effective ways of using the food supply to feed the world. Food Science is a broad discipline which allows for many different career paths.