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Food Science and Technology vs Nutrition and Dietetics : Know the difference


I have noticed people often use these terms interchangeably, but is it proper to use them interchangeably?

Perhaps you are always confused about the differences between these courses. I think you are on the right track in clearing your doubt as  I (the writer of this article) have a diploma in Food Science and Technology and I also hold a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Can you now see I'm qualified to clear your doubt and confusions?





Nutrition : Nutrition is the process by which nutrients and the substances in food interacts with one another so as to be useful for growth, repair, metabolism, reproduction, maintenance of health and management of diseases.

Dietetics : This is the application of knowledge of nutrition to human diet in order to maintain good health and to manage illness and diseases.

Food science : This is the application of basic science and engineering to study the chemical, microbiological, biochemical and physical nature of foods and the basis of food processing.

Food Technology : Food Technology is an aspect of food science that has to do with the process involved in food production.

The definition has already distinguished these fields but let's still continue our explanation.


Nutrition and Dietetics particularly deals with the relationship between the food we eat and our health, the effects of these foods after consumption and how we can modify our diets when we are unhealthy.You can read the previous article I wrote on how to become Nutritionis/Dietitian here

Food science and technology focus more on principles that are connected to the attributes of food and food products. Food science and technology may be said to be the industrial part of food, where foods are processed in order to increase the shelf-life so as to make food available all year round ( This is why it is often called a "Secondary Agriculture") and to also increase the marketability of food.

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"Food scientists and technologists are not nutritionists".

They care majorly about food before consumption -  how to make it tasty, how to make it available at all times and how to make it marketable.

Nutritionists care about the results food could have on your health after consumption. They inform people about the relationship between healthy eating and prevention of diseases. They care majorly about healthy foods.

Dietitians majorly helps in the management of your diet when you are unhealthy.


To become a Dietitian, you must first have a degree in Nutrition, you must be well familiar with the compositions of food, then you will have to complete an internship program at a health care facility or hospital. After completion, you can sit for national examination, once you pass, you become a Registered Dietitian (RD).


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I wouldn't like to conclude without mentioning " food science and nutrition".

Some colleges offer food science and nutrition as a course, which is  the study of food components together with the nutritional contents of food.

From what we have explained, it's easy to know the scope of "food science and nutrition". Food scientists and nutritionists handle the responsibility of producing processed food products that would have more nutritional value.

I hope you now get the differences between these courses and professions.

They all deal with food but in different manners. They all have significant roles to play when it comes to food and food products.

Alhough, they have their different fields, but they can also work hand in hand in food manufacturing industries for betterment of all.


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