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Food Science

Preparing the food industry's future leaders through purpose-driven research, education and outreach.

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.

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Undergraduate & graduate programs

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

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Research

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

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Extension & outreach

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

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New filtration method preserves nutrients in juice concentrate
When a bottle of juice says “not from concentrate,” it generally means that it contains more nutrients and tastes better than juice from concentrate. Conventional concentrating processes require heat that destroys nutritious molecules like...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
  • Food Science
Members of the Bad Bees for Business team pose with their product before their pitch at the 2023 Food Hackathon held at Stocking Hall.

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Food Hackathon students turn their ideas into delicious reality

Entrepreneurial Cornell students compete in the annual food hackathon, but then what? Their prototypes gain new ways to become reality.

  • Food Science
  • Food
Quantera founder Terry Bates, Ph.D. ’23, explains the operation of the startup's spectrometer to undergraduate interns Nick DeMayo ’26 and Alexis Sherman ’26, both from Cornell Engineering.

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New Cornell startup targets faster, cheaper, greener testing

Newly admitted into the Praxis Center business incubator, Quantera aims to improve scientific sample collection.

  • Food Science
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