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A food chemist is a scientific expert that works in the field of chemistry.  Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes of the non biological and biological components of foods. They ensure the safety of the consumers by using chemistry to test the food microbiological composition and analyze and evaluate the food with food monitoring.

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-Wake up and go to the laboratory
-Do analysis of food with different chemicals
-Research food components
-May have to visit factories or farms to gather working environment evidence

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Why are you interested in this field- How did you hear about it? Do you know anyone who already does this?

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Why are you interested in this field- How did you hear about it? Do you know anyone who already does this?

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I am interested in this field because I love to eat food, and I’ve always wondered how much work they have to put into testing the food in order to let the consumers eat it. I found out that this job existed by researching about jobs related to chemistry and food. I do not know anyone who is in this field, but it would be cool to research on the foods that I like to eat.

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They make about $61,480 per year as in 2015

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List five universities that offer Bachelor’s, Masters’, AND PhD in your field (yes, the school has to offer all of the degrees if they exist)

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List five universities that offer Bachelor’s, Masters’, AND PhD in your field (yes, the school has to offer all of the degrees if they exist)

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-Alabama A&M- offers all the degrees in the food science field

-Cornell University- offers all the degrees in the food science field

-Iowa state university- offers all the degrees in the food science and human nutrition field

-University of Arkansas- offers all the degrees in the food science field

-University of Missouri- Offers all the degrees in food Science, Hospitality Management and Agricultural Systems Management.

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Negatives

1. Possible exposure to hazardous chemicals

2. High responsibility- because the food consumer population is extremely large

3. May experience unpleasant working conditions

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Maybe there won’t be as much job needed for food chemist since technologies are getting better, so less people are probably required to work in this field.

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Will you work in the field or an office? Will you be doing research, teaching, applying knowledge- or a combination of these?

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Will you work in the field or an office? Will you be doing research, teaching, applying knowledge- or a combination of these?

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This job requires food chemist to work in a laboratory, or sometimes they have to visit farms and factories to gather evidence and information for their lab. They also do research on their findings- such as the analysis of reactions of the foods, microbiology research of the components, evaluate the food’s processing bacterial growth and such. They give their findings to the food company that they are researching for.

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Main fields:
Food science, biology and chemistry

Year 1
Chemistry
Biology

Year 2
Chemistry 2
NSFC course (Nutrition and Food science)

Year 3
NSFC course

Year 4
NSFC course

Bachelor's degree in food science

Certifications: certifications from the Institute of Food Technologists and the Society of Flavor Chemists

Observation and data analysis skills; creativity; proficiency with data analysis and research software

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Background research on a historical chemist, and how their findings contributed to this career 

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Background research on a historical chemist, and how their findings contributed to this career 

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Dr. Harvey Wiley was a food chemist during the 1900s, he was a food activist who promoted the food and drug act. The act is important because it is one of the reason why the FDA was established. He contributed largely to food processing because he used chemistry to find out how dirty the factory environments were during the industrialization period. Dr. Harvey Wiley also exposed the harms of many drugs, especially tobacco.

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Positives-
Working with something that everyone loves- food

There are many job opportunities in different sectors- military, government, factories, farms

Gets paid with a decent amount while working in something interesting