We offer comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for leadership positions in the food industry, academia and government.

Our research programs are designed to expand understanding of the biological/microbiological, chemical, physical, sensory, nutritional and engineering properties of foods and beverages. Our extension and outreach programs transfer research-based information and technology to consumers, food and beverage companies, and government agencies with the goal of enhancing the availability, quality, and safety of our food supply.

What we do.

We work together to provide new answers and discover new questions across the food science sectors.

Two female students in white lab coats and hair nets working with ice cream

We offer comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for leadership positions in the food industry, academia and government.

two people in lab coats work in a lab

Our research programs are designed to expand understanding of the biological/microbiological, chemical, physical, sensory, nutritional and engineering properties of foods and beverages.

Two graduate students pointing to beakers as young students watch

Our extension and outreach programs transfer research-based information and technology to consumers, food and beverage companies and government agencies with the goal of enhancing the availability, quality and safety of our food supply.

Food Science News

Yu Jiang operates a research drone with a graduate student.

News

Harnessing AI for ag research: CALS seed grants support Roadmap to 2050
CALS’ Research and Innovation Office is offering $10,000-$50,000 awards to support proposal development, patent or technology development, commercialization or community uses of AI.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Dean Hauser, left, and Andy Kalenak “sparge” the grain bed, running very hot water through to fully extract the sugars from the grains

News

Saffron and cardamom, rich cream and rosewater – what's better than Persian ice cream? A beer that marries those flavors, say student clubs.

  • Beverages
  • Food
  • Food Science
Frank Addeo at the Cornell Craft Beverage Institute

News

The craft beverage industry in New York state is booming, and Cornell AgriTech has hired a new extension associate to coordinate diverse brewing and distilling extension programs that support craft beverage professionals statewide through...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science