Bachelor of Science specialisation in Food Science and Nutrition

Food Science and Nutrition includes courses from Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Medical Science and Population Health, to answer questions like, what constitutes a healthy diet? Is there a way to engineer food to improve its nutritional value? How does the human body break down food to provide us with the energy we need?

While food science focuses on manufacturing, processing and production of food, nutrition focuses on the maintenance of good health and the wellbeing of populations. A qualification in Food Science and Nutrition could see you designing new food products that are both convenient and healthy, protecting consumer health through managing compliance, or developing better ways to preserve food.

You will learn the basics of biochemistry, biomedical science and chemistry before you branch out to your respective discipline focusing on courses that support either the food science or nutrition pathway.

You can study Food Science and Nutrition as a specialisation in the Bachelor of Science (BSc). This specialisation offers two distinct pathways: the Food Science pathway and the Nutrition pathway.

If you follow the Food Science pathway, you’ll study areas such as:

- Manufacturing, processing and production in food-related industries

- Food components, their properties and ways in which they interact in food products

- Nutrigenomics

- Emerging technologies and their benefits

- Food safety

- Product development

Food Science and Nutrition graduates can expect to find employment in the food industry, Crown Research Institutes and government agencies in areas such as food manufacture, food safety, food analysis, brewing, cereals and baking, dairy products, minimally processed fruits and vegetables, food additives, product development, sensory evaluation, winemaking and healthcare.

Food Science graduates may find work in the food industry, research institutes and government departments, in areas such as:
- Food analysis
- Food and ingredient manufacturing
- Food safety
- Product development
- Research
- Sensory evaluation
- Waste management