Introduction to Food Science
Posted 4 years 3 months ago by EIT Food
Discover topics like food sustainability, integrity, ethics, and constituents
Please note this course runs without facilitation
Food and health information is often oversimpliï¬ed by the media, and recommendations can be inaccurately reported and contradictory to current recommendations.
By understanding and learning more about what’s in our food, we can make smarter, more sustainable, and healthier food choices.
On this course, you’ll access trustworthy information on the food system from food industry experts.
You’ll cover topics like food contaminants, food safety, ethical issues, and food sustainability considerations so that you can become a responsible partner in the food system.
This course is designed for anyone interested in food and looking for reliable information on how to make safer, healthier and more sustainable food choices.
It will be particularly useful for final year schools students undertaking a food-related subject or interested in food science as a potential career pathway.
If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on sustainable food systems and health:
This course is designed for anyone interested in food and looking for reliable information on how to make safer, healthier and more sustainable food choices.
It will be particularly useful for final year schools students undertaking a food-related subject or interested in food science as a potential career pathway.
If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on sustainable food systems and health:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the term food integrity
- Explore ethical and sustainability issues surrounding food production
- Assess how the consumer is protected by legislation
- Explain how food can become contaminated by biological, chemical or physical hazards
- Identify the role of the consumer in ensuring food safety and becoming change agents in the transition towards a smart, inclusive and trusted food system
- Reflect on the work organisations are doing in relation to food safety e.g. EFSA
EIT Food - Latest Courses
Engaging with Controversies in the Food System: Palm Oil
- 2 weeks
- Online
Adaptation to Water Scarcity
- 4 weeks
- Online
The New European Bauhaus: Concept, Movement, and Opportunities
- 2 weeks
- Online
New European Bauhaus: Long Term, Life Cycle and Integrated Thinking in the Industrial Ecosystem
- 3 weeks
- Online
The New European Bauhaus: Concept, Movement, and Opportunities
- 2 weeks
- Online