The Institute of Food Technologists defines '''food science''' as "the discipline in which the [[engineering]], [[biology|biological]], and physical [[science]]s are used to study the nature of [[food]]s, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming [[public]]".<ref>Heldman, Dennis R. "IFT and the Food Science Profession." Food Technology. October 2006. p. 11.</ref> | The Institute of Food Technologists defines '''food science''' as "the discipline in which the [[engineering]], [[biology|biological]], and physical [[science]]s are used to study the nature of [[food]]s, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming [[public]]".<ref>Heldman, Dennis R. "IFT and the Food Science Profession." Food Technology. October 2006. p. 11.</ref> |