Food Scientists and Technologists

Does not pass

• Check raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value.

  physical work, outside the screen · 13.3% of the role's time · $165M

• Study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 10.9% of the role's time · $136M

• Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management.

  physical work, outside the screen · 10.4% of the role's time · $129M

• Confer with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 10.2% of the role's time · $127M

• Test new products for flavor, texture, color, nutritional content, and adherence to government and industry standards.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $103M

• Stay up to date on new regulations and current events regarding food science by reviewing scientific literature.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 8.2% of the role's time · $102M

• Study the structure and composition of food or the changes foods undergo in storage and processing.

  physical work, outside the screen · 7.8% of the role's time · $96.4M

• Develop food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 6.9% of the role's time · $85.5M

• Evaluate food processing and storage operations and assist in the development of quality assurance programs for such operations.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.2% of the role's time · $77.1M

• Develop new or improved ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods, using knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.1% of the role's time · $75.6M

• Develop new food items for production, based on consumer feedback.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.0% of the role's time · $62.3M

• Seek substitutes for harmful or undesirable additives, such as nitrites.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 3.6% of the role's time · $45.1M

• Demonstrate products to clients.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.1% of the role's time · $39.0M