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What is Food Technology ?
Food technology involves various aspects of science to develop and design innovative processing technologies, improve food quality and nutritive value, enhance the safety, wholesomeness & availability of our food supply. It involves study of characteristics of food, its nutritional composition, reactions and changes that take place at various levels of processing and storage, microbiological aspect of food to prevent spoilage and enhance shelf life. Professionals work to improve manufacturing methods through new processing, preservation and packaging technologies. Food scientists study new ingredients with better nutrition and health benefits, develop new products or technologies to improve the shelf life of the product. A food technologist is not only involved in the food processing, but also in designing of the food plant and various equipment used in processing. He/she is also involved in the safety and regulatory aspects of the developed product, inspection and accreditation of the food plant etc.
Jobs & Career in Food Science & Technology:
Food industry is a growing industry that contributes to around 14% of manufacturing GDP and 13 % of India’s total food exports. There is a high demand of trained food professional in both Government and Private sector. One can enter these areas after graduation or post-graduation in Food technology.
How to Join Food Technology:
Food Technology course eligibility is to complete 12thstandard i.e., Intermediate in the science stream i.e. MPC,BiPC and MBiPC with a minimum of 50-60% marks. IIT Kharagpur, Jadavpur University Kolkata, and NIT Rourkela are the Top Food Technology Colleges in India. Admission to these courses is done on merit as well as entrance test basis.In,our AndhraPradesh There only two Campuses offering BTech Food Science and Technology under Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University.
CFST,Bapatla and CFST,Pulivendula with Minimum Payable Fees than anyouther Private institutions.To join in this Institutions one must Qualify The APEamCET now which is known as APEAPCET and Based on your Ranks and Counselling you can get the Seat allotted in those colleges.
Some of the Job profiles include:
Food technologist: Production/Operation/ QA/QC
R&D : New Product & Process Development
Marketing & Sales, Business development & Marketing analysis
Procurement & Supply chain management
Types of companies with career opportunities:
Corporate Food manufacturing companies
Food research laboratories
Food quality & Certification organizations
Food Packaging companies
Food machinery & Instruments manufacturing companies
Flavour houses
Agricultural commodities export ventures
Food wholesalers
Job Opportunities in Government Sector in India
The Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
APEDA, MPEDA, NABARD, NAFED, MAFED, BARC
State & Central Food Laboratories
State Govt: Food Safety Officer/Food Inspector
CFTRI, IICPT, DFRL, NIFTEM - Scientist/Asst. Professor
ICAR (ARS) Scientist
Some Top Recruiting Food industries:
As the scope of food technology in India is growing, Industries are hiring professionals from all around the country. Some of the top recruiters are as follows:
Five reasons why one should choose Food Science & Technology
1) Job Security: Nobody can survive without eating food. Therefore, food industries will always keep processing food and hiring professionals.
2) Diverse Environment: As food industry is diverse, with literally thousands of different opportunities for a food scientist/ food technologist. You can work with a milk processing industry, a winery, bakery industry, meat processing, flavour development, etc. As you study multidisciplinary subjects, it opens up a myriad of opportunities.
3) Salary possibilities: A degree in food science offers many opportunities to earn top- salaries with a good growth rate.
4) The Food: If you are a food lover, then, working in this industry would be like a dream come true. Creating and testing products will expose you to good food. You will also get an opportunity to explore new dishes and flavours.
5) Travel opportunities: Most of the food industries are global. Depending on your position, you often get opportunities to travel to different countries for work, training, business expansion etc.