Food Scientist Career Guide and Counseling

Question: food scientist? a few questions: what does a person need to study to become a food scientist? besides "science"? do they need to know alot of math? does anyone know the approximate salary they get? what exactly do they do? what college is best for this type of field?

Answer: How can farms use less labor? Control pests and weeds? Conserve soil and water? Do all of the above, yet still grow more food? Agricultural and food scientists look for the answers to these kinds of questions. They solve problems in agriculture and food production. Agricultural and food scientists study farm crops and animals. They use the principles of biology, chemistry, and other sciences. They find new ways of making crops into food. Many work in research and development. They may work for businesses, individuals, or the government. Food scientists and technologists work in the food processing industry. Some work in universities and some work in government. They try to create food products that are healthful, safe, tasty, and easy to use. They find better ways to preserve, process, package, store, and deliver foods. Some food scientists discover new foods. Others analyze foods to see how much fat, sugar, or protein is in them. Others search for better food additives.

Question: What is the difference between a food scientist or food chemist and nutritionist? I'm considering becoming a nutritionist, so if I go through the food science University will I be a food scientist or a nutritionist? What are the exact steps to take to become a nutritionist?

Answer: Nutritionists are more concerned with the consumption or diet side of nutrition. Food scientists and food chemists are specialized on the food production side. Some universities have food science and nutrition in the same department. If you get a degree in nutrition, then you would be a nutritionist. That would be the first step. If you want to be a dietician, then you must complete a special supervised internship as well.

Question: What method of separation would a food scientist use to separate food colourings from food ? If a food scientist finds some food colourings in the food. What process might be used to separate them ?

Answer: gee i dont know.....................!

Question: How is math and a food scientist related? How is math involved in this 'math-related' career?

Answer: I think food has to do with measuring and math does measuring.

Question: What education is needed to become a food scientist? i need to know how many years of school you need and what you need to know to become one and thingd of that nature

Answer: depending on the type of school you go to, it can take anywhere from 2 to 5 years. good luck to you!

Question: Can any food scientist tell me lychee flavour is made out of what chemicals?

Answer: lychee is a fruit so the flavour is natural. If you mean flavouring eg for jelly beans etc. Sorry but am not sure.

Question: How do food scientist measure calories?

Answer: 1. Determine the amounts of carbohydrates, fat, protein in a given type of food 2. Calculate the total calories using factors of 4, 9, and 4 kcal/g, respectively for c, f, and p

Question: How much does the average food scientist make? ?

Answer: go to careercruising.com. if you make an account you cna look up different careers and see exactly what they are and how much money you will make in different states and more. its a great site!

Question: What is the practical value of food testing by a scientist? I'm observing what positive test fir starch, sugar, protein, and fats lookllike in unknown food sample using specific chemical test.

Answer: The foods we consume have implications for our health. It has been well established by scientists that particular chemicals (starch, sugar, etc) affect us in definative ways. For the consumer, it is important to know the contents of food in order to make sound dietary choices. Scientists who do the food testing of which you speak, objectively measure the starch, sugar, etc. content of the food so that it can be reliably presented to the consumer.

Question: How do scientist genitically modify food? i am doing a brouchure on genitically modifing foods and one of the things i have to put in it is how do you genitically modify a kiwi?

Answer: They spray the foods with poisons when they grow it and reprodue the plants that can survive the poisons that kill most of the other plants of all types and pests, some of the crop can live when most gets poisoned, they geneically reproduce those ones so that the foods can ook great no matter how much toxins are in them. perhaps montesanto can help you with toxics and genetics, their crops look awesome