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What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Food

Experts Weigh In on the Debate Behind How Processed Foods Could Affect Health Take a stroll down the middle aisles of any American grocery store, and you’ll be surrounded by rows of brightly colored packaged macaroni and cheese, instant soups and chips in all forms and flavors — all with long ingredient lists.

Support the Barrett and Buhlert Memorial Food Science Award! UC Davis Give Day, April 11-12, 2025

Food Science and Technology

The Food Science and Technology Department is leading the way in sustainable food solutions, eliminating food loss and providing food security. Your #UCDavisGiveDay gift fuels groundbreaking research, student scholarships, and hands-on experiential learning.

Barrett and Buhlert Memorial Food Science Award

Support The Sensory Hub! UC Davis Give Day, April 11-12, 2025

Food Science and Technology

The Food Science and Technology Department is leading the way in sustainable food solutions, eliminating food loss and providing food security. Your #UCDavisGiveDay gift fuels groundbreaking research, student scholarships, and hands-on experiential learning.

UC Davis Give Day, April 11-12, 2025 - Support your Department!

Food Science and Technology

The Food Science and Technology Department is leading the way in sustainable food solutions, eliminating food loss and providing food security. Your #UCDavisGiveDay gift fuels groundbreaking research, student scholarships, and hands-on experiential learning.

Food Tech Club News Fall 2024

Food Science and Technology

The Food Tech Club (FTC) is a student chapter of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). Our goal is to help students find connections and passion in food research, industry, and beyond! In fall quarter, we had many great opportunities to share knowledge with each other, and to bond as a community. In November, we hosted a scallion pancake food demo, aimed to teach people how to cook unique cuisines!

FST 160 - Concept to Container

Food Science and Technology

Food science students at UC Davis gain hands-on experience in the Food Product Development class. They come up with a new food concept, develop prototypes, analyze consumer demand, design packaging and marketing concepts and finally present it to an audience of tasters.

Checking In With Chancellor May - At the Forefront of Feeding the World

Food Science and Technology

To the UC Davis Community: No matter our background or belief systems, every human being deserves to have access to healthy and adequate food. This is one of the key Grand Challenges UC Davis is undertaking to create a healthier tomorrow.

Marco Lab - Grand Prize Winner, Lab Safety Awards 2024!

Food Science and Technology

A big congratulations to Dr. Maria Marco's lab for their Grand Prize win in the UC Safety Services 2024 Laboratory Safety Awards Program! The Marco lab was the semi-finalist for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and won the grand prize against five other semi-finalists; one each from the College of Letters & Science, the College of Biological Sciences, the College of Engineering, the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Medicine.

Three Wise Men: The Continuing Legacy of Brewing Education

Food Science and Technology

UC Davis has had many educational and research themes running over many decades. One of the older such themes is the brewing program within the Department of Food Science and Technology (FST). The brewing program has a reputation as a global leader with students coming from far and wide to understand the complex science behind one of the world’s oldest beverages.

Give Day 2024 - Sensory Hub General Support Fund

Food Science and Technology

Dear FST Alumni, Donors and Friends,

I'm delighted to serve the Department of Food Science and Technology as the latest Chair. As a UC Davis alumnus myself, I know how special UC Davis is and the lifelong impact it has on its students. As a member of the faculty, it is particularly rewarding to contribute to the success of our Food Science students and witness the growth of our department and community of supporters.