food science

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the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.

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Origin of food science

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby food science

food mill, food poisoning, food pollen, food processor, food pyramid, food science, food security, food service, food stamp, foodstuff, food stylist

How to use food science in a sentence

Because not all students had access to ingredients at home, he expanded his curriculum to cover the business side of culinary arts—including Business 101, Accounting 101, hospitality law and food science—in addition to recipes.
From Teachers to Custodians, Meet the Educators Who Saved A Pandemic School Year|Katie Reilly|September 2, 2021|Time
Yael Vodovotz, professor of food science and technology at Ohio State University, says that “from a scientific point of view,” gummies are a particularly flexible delivery vehicle.
A Gummy for Whatever Ails You|Rachel Del Valle|August 27, 2021|Eater
The first Spanish-language recipes in Mexico were written by poet, philosopher, composer and nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, who was fascinated by food science, especially involving sugar.
Learn to make cajeta, a Mexican confection with multilayered sweetness and history|Adriana Velez|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
The danger zone for food—where bacteria thrive—is between 40 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, says Sean O’Keefe, who works in the department of food science and technology at Virginia Tech University.
Want to Get Outside All Winter? Bring Your Thermos.|AC Shilton|November 29, 2020|Outside Online

We have been building as strong as a food science, food application, culinology approach as we have protein science.
Motif Foodworks preps commercial production for its first ingredient, improving the flavor of beef substitutes|Jonathan Shieber|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch
Though she worked on a very small slice of food science, Bacigalupe takes a more meta view of the class and her experiment.
Harvard Students Play With Food|Laura Colarusso|December 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
“Personally, I have kind of no actual background in food preparation or food science,” he says.
The Snack Critic|Tali Yahalom|February 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I will now consider vegetarianism from the standpoint of true food science, or the welfare of the physical man.
Encyclopedia of Diet|Eugene Christian