Food Science Programs -- Colleges and Universities

With changes in how we eat and cook the areas of culinary arts and culinary science are now merging --- many restaurant kitchens are now looking more like a science labs. Food Scientists are now linking up more than ever with chefs to produce healthy, creative culinary experiences.

What is Food Science?

Food Science integrates and applies knowledge within the disciplines of chemistry, engineering, biology, and nutrition to preserve, process, package, and distribute foods that are healthy, affordable, desirable, and safe to eat. Food Scientists will study the chemical composition of food and food ingredients; their physical, biological and biochemical properties; the microbiology of foods; and the interaction of food constituents with each other and their environment.

Interest in food science has grown in recent years because of the increasing awareness of the vital role of food in the health. In addition as economic status of individuals and countries increase people expand their desires for broader range of foods.


     

Alabama

Alabama A & M University

California

California Polytechnic State University 
University of California, Davis

Delaware

University of Delaware

Florida

University of Florida

Georgia

University of Georgia -- Food Science and Technology

Illinois

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Indiana

Purdue University

Iowa

Iowa State University

Kansas

Kansas State University

Kentucky

University of Kentucky

Louisiana

Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College

Maine

University of Maine, Orono

Maryland

University of Maryland

Massachusetts

Framingham State University 
University of Massachsetts

Michigan

Michigan State University

 

 

 

Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Missouri

University of Missouri - Columbia


Nebraska

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

New Jersey

Rutgers University

New York

Cornell University

North Carolina

North Carolina State University

Ohio

Ohio State University

Oregon

Oregon State University

Pennsylvania
Drexel University 
Pennsylvania State University

South Carolina

Clemson University

Texas

Texas A & M University
Texas Tech University

Utah

Brigham Young University

Virginia

Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Washington

Washington State University

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin - Madison 
University of Wisconsin - River Falls 
University of Wisconsin - Stout

 

Source: The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) 

See Also: Degree Programs in Culinology --this is a single program combining both food science and culinary arts 


Interested Reading and Sites:

New degree programs produce chef-scientists -- culinology degree program that blends food science and technology with culinary art. -- The Associated Press 

This, Herve; Kurti, Nicholas, Chemistry and physics in the kitchen Scientific American 19944, 44-50. 

Food Nutrition and Information Center -- The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) has been a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971. 

Molecular gastronomy and the science of cooking -- Large selection of books and articles from Martin Lersch Department of Chemistry P.O.Box 1033, Blindern 0315 Oslo, NORWAY 

New degree programs produce chef-scientists -- Culinology™ is the blending of the culinary arts and the science of food -- The Associated Press