Careers In Food

Careers In Food

Everyone has gotta eat!

Nutritionist

Where food, science and genetics meet for health.

Nutritionist

Nutritionists/Dietitians help people look and feel well by making the connection between food, nutrition, and health. They can be healthcare workers, researchers, managers or educators.

Some nutritionist/dietitians counsel families, the elderly, pregnant women, children, and the disabled, while others direct experiments to find alternative foods or diet recommendations.

Open Ended

Name some of the responsibilities of a nutritionist.

Multiple Choice

A nutritionist ......

• does not care about what people eat.

• does care and help people know what foods are good for them.

Food Safety Specialist

Keeping Our Food Safe.

Food Safety Specialist

Food safety specialists preserve our food supply by assuring that it is wholesome, sound, and safe. Food safety specialists work for food services, hotels, resorts, restaurants, and government agencies. They conduct inspections and investigations of food products, and of storage and preparation facilities.

Multiple Choice

A Food Safety Specialist........

• make sure that food products are safe for the consumer.

• enforces safe farming practices.

Open Ended

What are some things that you learned from the video about Food Safety Careers?

Food Scientist

A job in good taste (and color and texture and nutrition).

Food Scientist

Food scientists preserve our food supply by assuring its flavor, color, texture, nutritional quality, and safety. 

Food scientists work as production supervisors, quality assurance specialists, product developers, and managers of processing plants. Food scientist work for food processing companies, food equipment and ingredient suppliers, and government agencies.

Multiple Choice

A Food Scientist........

• does not help in the development of food production.

• often works in factories that produce food products.

Open Ended

What are some things that you learned about Food Scientists that you didn't know before today?