... con-sumption. Hence food scientist. food technology The application of science and technology to thetreatment, processing, preservation and distribution of foods.Hence food technologist. food yeast ... different national patterns of diet. food science The study of the basic chemical, physical, biochem-ical and biophysical properties of foods and their constituents,and of changes that these may ... method of judging the flavour of foods by exam-ination of a list of the separate factors into which the flavour canbe analysed, the so-called character notes.flavour scalping The adsorption of food...