Food and Flavor Chemistry

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Food and Flavor Chemistry
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Career Area

• Includes
• Study of Chemistry of Foods
• Application of Chemistry to the development,
  improvement, packaging, preservation of foods.
• Analyzing methods of preparation and study of
  appearance, taste, aroma, freshness, and vitamin
  content of foods and candies.

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Places of employment

• Food Processing Companies
• Ingredient Suppliers
• The Food and Drug Administration
• Academia

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Personal Characteristics

• Curious
• Outgoing
• Creative
• Better than average sense of smell and taste

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Job Outlook

• Food ingredient companies are becoming a better
  opportunity for employment because food
  processors are shifting flavoring
  responsibilities to the suppliers.
• New trends and diets bring fourth new jobs.
• Bachelors degree pays about 28,000. and masters
  pays about 36,000. , Ph.D. about 65,000.

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Education and Training

• Starts With Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry or
  Biology
• Entrance into Food Science
• A Ph.D is not Required

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Websites

• http//pubs.acs.org/chemjobs/jobseeker/articles/jo
  b_food.html
• http//www.dundee.ac.uk
• http//www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/market/
• flavor.html