What is food science in simple words?
                                
                                
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                                According to the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), food science is a discipline that applies scientific principles to understand food's nature, prevent its deterioration, process it, and improve it for consumers. In simple words, it is the study of everything that happens to food after it leaves the farm until it reaches your plate.