Science Meets Food

21 January

First Place Team of IFTSA & MARS PD Comp to Compete in CHINA!

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...

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16 January

Guest post: We are Food Scientists, HEAR US ROAR!

By: Alex Pierce-Feldmeyer 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...

15 January

A Chat with…Gulhan Unlu, Chair of the Biotechnology Division

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:...

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13 January

In defense of “Fed Up”

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...

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08 January

Guest Post: Appreciating Belgian and German Beer Cultures

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...

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06 January

Guest Post: Magical Maltodextrin

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...

Food Chemistry, Lipids, Starch Guest Post 14 Comments

23 December

The Amazing Race Finale: Sweet Scientists Race to Sweet Victory

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...

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22 December

A Day in the Life of a Food Science Student

Check out this video from IFT featuring the WINNERS of CBS’s Amazing Race, Maya Warren and Amy DeJong!

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18 December

A Chat with…Jun Yang, Fruit & Vegetable Products Division

Name: Jun Yang Job title: Associate Principal Scientist Company: PepsiCo Global R&D IFT Division(s) to which you belong: Fruit & Vegetable Products Division Highest Level of Education/Degree: Ph.D. What is your favorite quote? “If you can’t explain it simply,...

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16 December

The Amazing Race: #SweetScientists Get a Sweet Surprise

By: Kenny McMahon I think we can all honestly say that we thought Amy and Maya, the #SweetScientists, were going to be eliminated last Friday in the second to last leg of the Amazing Race. This would have otherwise...

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