Description
Prepared meals nutritionists value ingredients, manufacturing processes, and foodstuffs in order to assure nutritional quality and suitability of prepared meals and dishes. They study nutritional value of foodstuffs and dishes and advise on the composition of different meals or dishes for human feed, allergenic items and macro and micronutrients.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beveragesidentify nutritional properties of foodapply HACCPensure correct goods labellingexamine production samplesanalyse trends in the food and beverage industriescheck quality of products on the production linesupervise food in healthcareresearch new food ingredientsensure sanitationstrive for nutritional improvement of food manufacturingapply GMPresearch new cooking methodsfollow hygienic procedures during food processingmanage the use of additives in food manufacturingidentify suppliersparticipate in the development of new food productsperform market researchcreate new recipesperform food risk analysisconduct nutrition researchlabel foodstuffscollect samples for analysisdevelop policies for nutritional programsdevelop new food productsprepare dietary meals