Greetings Ms. Hari, We are writing to you as a group of students, scientists-in-training if you will. Collectively, we study all different aspects of the science of food: food microbiology, food chemistry, functional foods, food processing and variety of...
BIG NEWS IFTSA: The 1st place team of the 2014-2015 IFTSA & MARS Product Development Competition will advance to compete in a ‘Competition of Champions’ style product development competition in conjunction with the Chinese Institute of Food Science and...
By: Alex Pierce When we were little kids we all formulated plans for our future professional selves that, more than likely, followed extremely different paths than those that we follow presently. One of you out there was going to...
Name: Gulhan Unlu Job title: Associate Professor Company: School of Food Science, University of Idaho & Washington State University IFT Divisions to which you belong: Biotechnology (Chair); Food Microbiology; Education, Extension, and Outreach; Food Packaging Highest Level of Education/Degree:...
By: Stephanie Diamond Recently fueling the vilification of the food industry is Katie Couric’s documentary Fed Up (2014). It is reminiscent of Food Inc. (2008) but more focused, pointed at packaged food manufacturers, and frankly, better done. There are...
By: Daniel Vollmer This past Fall I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the Young Scientist Symposium in Ghent, Belgium. This trip would serve two purposes: to speak among my peers at a technical conference and...
By: Janelle Myers I first encountered tapioca maltodextrin when I was leading an after-school science program for middle schoolers. I brought in a mysterious white powder in a baggie and had them all taste it (it’s a miracle they...
By Matt Teegarden If you did not catch CBS’s The Amazing Race last Friday or have been avoiding social media for the last five days, then let me fill you in: THE SWEET SCIENTISTS WON THE AMAZING RACE! THEY...
Check out this video from IFT featuring the WINNERS of CBS’s Amazing Race, Maya Warren and Amy DeJong!