Food technology
The Food Technology is a technical scientific discipline that deals with the system and the structures of the production processes of food and the material processes of physical, chemical and biological nature in the overall process of processing, including technological emission management, thus the food technology science, on the basis of technical, economic, ecological and social laws.
The food technology research thus represents the best use of usually agriculturally produced raw material whose industrial processing to foods or food ingredients with high quality and safety standards based on modern technological development, including the environmental protection at the center of activities.
In food production, it is important to use the available ecological and economic resources sparingly and to achieve a high level of enjoyment and nutritional value .
The following processes are used in food production:
- Mechanical processes such as crushing, pressing and mixing
- Thermal processes, for example heating and cooling
- Biological processes such as alcoholic fermentation and the use of bacteria and fungi in cheese production
- Chemical processes, e.g. B. the coagulation of proteins
education and study
Food technology has been offered as an independent degree in Germany since the 1970s . Depending on the university, the Dipl.-Ing. or Dipl.-LM-Ing. (University of Hohenheim) and the B.Sc. ( Bachelor of Science) and B.eng. (Bachelor of Engineering) in the Bachelor and M.Sc. can be obtained in the Master’s course . Furthermore, there are in Austria two higher technical schools in Wels and Hollabrunn .
The study of food technology has an interdisciplinary structure and makes use of various “classic” natural sciences (propaedeutics), engineering, economics and various specific subjects for specialization and consolidation. The degree of involvement of the various disciplines varies depending on the university.
- Natural sciences
- Engineering sciences (among others)
- Economics (among others)
- Specific subjects
- Technology of food of animal origin
- Food process engineering
Name of the degree
While in Germany graduates of food technology studies are commonly referred to as “food technologists”, in Switzerland this title is not associated with a degree, but only with a so-called apprenticeship (comparable to the German training). To differentiate, the term “Food Engineer FH” is used for graduates from universities of applied sciences, and “Food Engineer ETH” for graduates from universities. The designation by the abbreviation ETH therefore does not mean that only graduates of the ETH be sought. In Switzerland, after the apprenticeship as a food technologist, there is the opportunity to take the BP professional examination and then the higher professional examination for the federal diploma. To graduate food technologists.
List of German-speaking training centers
- Universities
- Food technology at the Technical University of Berlin
- Technology and biotechnology of food at the Technical University of Munich
- Food science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
- Food and food biotechnology at the University of Hohenheim
- Food and biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Institute for Nutritional and Food Sciences at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Food technology at the Technical University of Dresden
- Universities of applied sciences
- Food technology and nutrition at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences in Wels
- Food process engineering at the Wilhelm Büchner University in Pfungstadt.
- Food technology at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Köthen
- Food technology at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin
- Food technology / food management at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences
- Food technology at the University of Fulda
- Dairy food technology at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences
- Food and packaging technology at Kempten University
- Food technology at the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Lemgo
- Food technology at the University of Neubrandenburg
- Food management and technology at the SRH Fernhochschule Riedlingen
- Food technology at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland in Sion
- Food technology and food economy Trier University of Applied Sciences
- Food technology at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
- Food technology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Zollikofen, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Food technology at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Wädenswil
- Food technology at the Management Center Innsbruck
- Food: Product and process development at the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz
Apprenticeship in Austria
In Austria there is also the possibility of learning food technology as an apprenticeship within a dual training program. The duration of the training is 3.5 years.