Reinventing Food Texture & Flavor | Lecture 6 (2010)
Speaker: Grant Achatz (Alinea) Location: Science Center B
Exploring Opportunities in the Chemical Industry (Food Science Technology)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - Several Chicago-area women business leaders hosted 8 Taylor University female chemistry students at Edlong Dairy ...
Chicago Dietitian: Chicago Tribune Letter to the Editor
Date: 1/23/2012
To: Don Wycliff, Public Editor
Chicago Tribune,
435 N. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60611
Subject: “ Doctor titles: What’s the difference? ” – Misinformation on RD vs. CNS Credentials
In the article, titled “Doctor titles: What’s the difference?” Julie Deardorff, indicated that a certified nutrition specialist (CNS) is a more credible nutrition expert. She stated that, “a CNS usually, but not always, has the most advanced science-based training.” This is inaccurate and potentially harmful information provided to all Chicago Tribune readers.
A Registered Dietitian (RD) is a food and nutrition expert who has met academic and professional requirements. Many Registered Dietitians hold advanced degrees and additional certifications in specialized areas of practice, such as pediatrics, renal, prenatal, nutrition support and diabetes education. Because dietitians are cross-trained in many diverse areas, these professionals hold a wide variety of job positions including hospitals, HMOs, private practice, health care facilities, community and public health settings, food and nutrition industry, journalism, sports nutrition, corporate wellness, academia, and research. Considering that they are not cross-trained in community nutrition, food science, or counseling, a CNS has a limited scope of knowledge and skill set compared to a RD....
IFT Career Center: Quality Assurance jobs, Quality Control jobs ...
Sr. Quality Manager
Responsibility for two sites in North America one being Chicago location. Will be developing corporate wide systems across all operations. Will work cross functionally wit R&D, Purchasing, QA/QC as well as vendor assurance. Highly visible position that will be on a fast track if this person can make things happen.
Travel will be significant at first 50-75% and then will settle into around 25% when everything is up and running.
Education and Experience requirements: Minimum: • Bachelor of Science degree in food science, biology, food safety, etc. • 5+ years quality management experience from plant based systems. Experience with confections is a plus, however, will look at dairy, beverages, bakery and ingredients such as fats and oils from ingredients. • Excellent leadership and communication skills. • Three+ years in facilitating cross-functional teams; overseeing root-cause analysis, data collection, and problem solving utilizing key...
Food Science degree chicago News
Welfare issue makes political comeback
•Blacks form a slight plurality in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, a system that offers cash assistance and is much smaller than the food stamp program. Of families receiving TANF help in 2009, 33 percent were African-American, ...
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Chef Cantu is a Willy Wonka of gastronomy Mr. Cantu's corkscrew utensils are featured in the Smart Home at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. His polymer oven is in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. His Chicago-based Cantu Designs advises ... |
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Ingredient Insights: Calories Trump Protein, January 23 Kantha Shelke is a principal at Corvus Blue LLC, a Chicago-based food science and research firm specializing in industry competitive intelligence, expert witness services, and new product/technology development and commercialization of foods and food ... |
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Study: Communicating health risk is a risky task for FDA "Communicating risk to large groups of people is a complex science," said study director G. Caleb Alexander, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. "But success or failure at this can have significant consequences.... |
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Junk food in schools gets weighty reprieve Even if further research confirms the new finding, epidemiologist Daniel Taber of the University of Illinois at Chicago argues, junk food sales in schools should be curtailed. Kids can adapt to anti-obesity programs that target junk food in their homes ... |
