What is food technology?
The aim of studying food technology is to develop skills and knowledge to design and make good quality food products.
It is the process involved in the conversion of raw materials to edible food products including meals.
Food technology helps pupils to understand the physical, chemical, nutritional biological and sensory properties of foods and how to exploit these properties when designing and making food products.
The areas normally covered when studying food technology include:
*Analyzing and following a design brief
*Learning about food ingredient and their uses in food products
*Nutrition and nutritional analysis
*Food science
*Understanding the process of food products development
*Hygiene and safety
*Quality and how it can be measured
*Sensory testing
*Writing a specification and testing against it
*Learning about industrial food production on a large scale
*Developing skills in food preparation and cooking
*Evaluating and testing food products
*Learning about food packaging and labeling
*Using information technology to support product design
What is food technology?
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