What is the difference between the two majors of food engineering and food science?

The main difference is that it has different nature, different research directions, and different disciplines involved. The details are as follows:

1. Different nature

1. Food engineering

Food engineering is a general term for engineering technology fields such as grain and oil processing, food manufacturing and beverage manufacturing.

2. Food Science

Food science can be defined as a science that applies basic science and engineering knowledge to study the physical, chemical and biochemical properties of food and food processing principles.

2. Different research directions

1. Food engineering

Processing methods used in food industrial production.

2. Food science

Food health.

3. Different disciplines involved

1. Food engineering

Food engineering involves chemistry, physics, agronomy, biochemistry, biology, microbiology, chemistry Engineering, biochemical engineering, mechanical engineering, human nutrition and food hygiene, packaging materials and engineering, environmental management and engineering and other sciences.

2. Food science

Including chemistry (organic chemistry, biochemistry, food chemistry, analytical chemistry, etc.), biology, food science, food engineering, microbiology, chemical engineering and Food technology, meat product processing, dairy product processing, egg product processing, etc.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Food Engineering

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