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prepared meals nutritionist

Prepared meals nutritionists value ingredients, manufacturing processes, and foodstuffs in order to assure nutritional quality and suitability of prepared meals and dishes.

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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.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

food science functional properties of foods dietetics prepared meals food storage combination of flavours combination of textures

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

composition of diets dietary regimes traceability in food industry infections in food

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

research new food ingredients strive for nutritional improvement of food manufacturing manage the use of additives in food manufacturing examine production samples supervise food in healthcare follow hygienic procedures during food processing apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages check quality of products on the production line analyse trends in the food and beverage industries identify nutritional properties of food apply HACCP research new cooking methods ensure sanitation ensure correct goods labelling apply GMP

OPTIONALOptional competences

identify suppliers participate in the development of new food products develop policies for nutritional programs create new recipes conduct nutrition research label foodstuffs perform market research prepare dietary meals collect samples for analysis develop new food products perform food risk analysis

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)