I chose to be a food scientist because I want to figure out all the ways of making food delicious yet healthy. Plus I want to be able to create a new taste, instead of the same boring ones.
The education and knowledge required for this specific course is biochemistry, chemistry, microbiology, and engineering to convert grains, livestock, fruit and vegetables into new food products. You need to earn a bachelor’s degrees in food science, take a biology, business management, mathematics, physics and statistics class, and if possible a food science and computer science course. Depending on what type of job you apply for in this course, you need a certain type of degree. If you want to be in the food processing business you need a bachelor’s degree, but if you want to do simple research position a masters or doctoral degree will suffice.