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Department of Food Science

Department of Food Science

Kovac et al

Penn State researchers developing genomic resources to identify novel pathogens

Food Science crew at Discovery Space

Penn State's Department of Food Science, Discovery Space partner on outreach

package of lab grown meat

Cellular agriculture development has potential to change food industry, society

Aaron Wiedemer

'Sweet' scholarship takes Penn State food science student to Austria

cocoa powder header

Dietary cocoa improves health of obese mice; likely has implications for humans

Registration is open for 'Food Science in Action' virtual symposium

bunch of shrooms

Nutritional journal highlights research on micronutrient's disease-fighting role

big data students

New master's fellowship to train food microbiologists in big-dataset analyses

award winners

Two food science faculty receive awards from Institute of Food Technologists

Man smelling pasta dish

Smell-check cards help call attention to common COVID-19 symptom

Penn State food scientist gets grant to study novel metal food can coatings

student pairs

Food Science launches virtual buddy program to support student community

Chocolate bars for study

Golden ticket: Researchers examine what consumers desire in chocolate products

Phil Keeney ice cream lab

Penn State mourns loss of food science pioneer Philip Keeney

Woman smelling coffee

Penn State sensory scientists encourage smell checks to fight COVID-19 spread

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