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Job Description

Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1012.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 71,270.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
Currently, there are 14,200 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Food Scientists and Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Food Technologist”

Study the structure and composition of food or the changes foods undergo in storage and processing.
Evaluate food processing and storage operations and assist in the development of quality assurance programs for such operations.
Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management standards.
Develop new food items for production, based on consumer feedback.
Confer with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development.
Test new products for flavor, texture, color, nutritional content, and adherence to government and industry standards.
Search for substitutes for harmful or undesirable additives, such as nitrites.
Stay up-to-date on new regulations and current events regarding food science by reviewing scientific literature.
Check raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value.
Develop food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications.
Develop new or improved ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods, using knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences.
Demonstrate products to clients.
Study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience.

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Fermenting tanks
Nitrogen analyzers
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Differential refractometers
Electronic laboratory balances
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Analytical balances
Autosamplers
Meat saws
Rheometers
Air sampling systems
Infrared IR spectrometers
Pulper finishers
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Tubular heat exchangers
Rotary evaporators
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Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
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Fruit presses
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Jet cooking systems
Gel electrophoresis equipment
pH indicators
Steam kettles
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Biological safety cabinets
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Epifluorescence microscopes
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Bioreactors
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Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
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Coulter counters
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Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
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Scanning electron microscopes SEM
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