Hello,

Considering Btech in food technology, it is a 4 year graduation course which includes study of food science and food engineering. It includes various aspects like chemical constituent of food, life of food, preservation, packaging, storage, nutritional value.

Your role as food tehnologist are to check nutritional status and amount of ingredients such as preservation, colorant, essence.

Development and manufacturing of food products, Research for development of new product, supervision of manufacturing and processing of food materials, Check microbial contamination of food products and to check life of the product.

Here are some top colleges for Food technology

IIT Kharagpur

IIT guwahati

ICT mumbai

Job opportunities for food technology are

Food processing operator

Food handler

Analytical chemists

Food scientist

Food application specialist

Production manager

Food consultant, etc

Salary offered for various courses are like

Food technologist - 2.5 to 4 lakhs

Research analyst - 3.5 to 5 lakhs

Quality assurance manager - 5 to 8 lakhs

Analytical manager - 7 to 12 lakhs

So according to this information there is a huge scope for food technologist with good package and many jobs availability.

Hello there,

A graduate of B.Tech in food technology  gets recruited in various organizations such as FCI, Public distribution firms, Department of Food and Public Distribution of Government of India and Central Warehousing Corporation etc.

There are several job profiles that a graduate of B. Tech in food technology can choose from are as follows -

• Food Processing Operator

• Food Handler

• Analytical chemists

• Food Technologist

• Organic Chemist

• Food Scientist

• Food Application Specialist

• Production Manager

• Food Consultant

• Food Sales Representative

• Research Technician

• Research and Design Engineer

• Process Engineer

• Food Researcher

• Food Inspector

• Food Standards Officer

Salary trend of being any of the above post would be around 2.5-12 LPA.

Get to know more here - https://www.careers360.com/courses/b-tech-in-food-technology

Hope It Helps :)

Hi Aspirant,

Food technology is a branch of science in which food science is applied in the manufacturing and preservations of food products. The food technologists study the chemical, physical, and microbiological makeup of the food.

The areas where one can find employment in this industry are:

1. Food processing companies and food research laboratories

2. Catering establishments

3. Food wholesalers

4. Retailers

5. Hospitals

To know more details, refer to this link - https://www.careers360.com/courses/b-tech-in-food-technology

All the best.