Now, more than ever people are starting to eat healthier. Mindfulness, fair-trade, convenience, source and production features, quality are factors that people nowadays consider to be important when they purchase food. The industry has to redefine its role and fulfill the expectations of customers. This is where the Food Engineers come into place and make sure that the food is processed and cooked properly.

Studying Food Engineering is a wonderful opportunity. Considering the fact that the Turkish cuisine itself is a mixture of Mediterranean, Asian, Middle-Eastern, and European influences, it enhances the student’s knowledge about the variety and wholesomeness of the local cuisine.

Food Engineering as a discipline studies in Turkey the characteristics of food, food supplements, and their composition. They also observe the microbiological aspect of food and its chemical reactions throughout the production process.

Ingredients, packaging technologies and conservation play a major role in this industry. It is a constantly growing industry and there is a high demand for food engineers globally.

As the scope of food technology is growing worldwide, Turkish Universities provide and hire professionals and students from all around the world. Giving the fact, that there are various traditional conservation and production methods that correlate with all the Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and European markets the graduates are easily adapting into other global recruiter’s world.