Your profession: Food chemist (m/f)
Professional activities
Food chemists investigate and evaluate the chemical composition of foodstuffs and utility articles and the reciprocal effects of their contents. They are also involved in scientific research, teaching, development, quality assurance and consultancy.
Fields of work
Possible places or areas of employment for food chemists include the following.
- Food investigation and monitoring institutes
- Laboratories in the food industry
- Institutes of higher education
- Consumer organisations
- Health or environmental authorities
- Companies in the chemical industry
- Companies in the pharmaceutical Industry
The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).