Introduction

Studying food technology enables pupils to develop skills and knowledge to design and make good quality products.

Students acquire and develop knowledge, skills and understanding through:

  • Analysing and following a design brief
  • Learning about food ingredients and their use in food products
  • Gaining an understanding of nutrition and nutritional analysis
  • Application of food science knowledge when designing and making
  • Understanding the process of food product development
  • Implementing good hygiene and safety practice
  • Measuring quality of food products 
  • Sensory testing of food products
  • Writing a specification and testing against it
  • Learning about industrial food production on a large scale
  • Developing skills in food preparation and cooking
  • Evaluating and testing food products adapting and modifying designs and ideas
  • Learning about food packaging and labelling
  • Using information technology (ICT) to support product design