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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K072 - manufacturing and processing K0721 - food processing Functional properties of foods
Description
Structure, quality, nutritional value and/or acceptability of a food product. A food functional property is determined by physical, chemical and/or organoleptic properties of a food. Examples of a functional property may include solubility, absorption, water retention, frothing ability, elasticity, and absorptive capacity for fats and foreign particles.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 6 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Industrial cookIndustrial cooks create new food designs and recipes. They prepare, measure and mix ingredients to prepare foodstuff products. They control and regulate temperatures, monitor cooki…
- Food service vocational teacherFood service vocational teachers for food service instruct students in their specialised field of study, food service, which is predominantly practical in nature. They provide theo…
- Food technologistA Food Technologist is a science-based professional responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, nutritional value, and taste of food products. They are involved in the research, …
- Food technicianFood technicians assist food technologists in developing processes for manufacturing foodstuffs and related products based on chemical, physical, and biological principles. Th…
- Food graderFood graders inspect, sort and grade food products. They grade food products according to sensory criteria or with the help of machinery. They determine the product's use by gradin…
- Prepared meals nutritionistPrepared meals nutritionists are professionals who may be involved in the development and oversight of the nutritional content of prepared meal delivery services. They ensure that …
Optional for
- Vocational teacherVocational teachers instruct students in their specialised field of study, which is predominantly practical in nature. They provide theoretical instruction in service of the practi…
- Food regulatory advisorFood regulatory advisors are extra-judicial or judiciary technical experts. They ensure food industry practices comply with regulatory norms. They perform audits, make diagnoses, a…
Related skills
- Food preservation
- Apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- Identify nutritional properties of food
- Develop new food products
- Participate in the development of new food products
- Research new cooking methods
- Food science
- Food storage
- Apply HACCP
- Food and beverage industry
- Research new food ingredients
- Apply GMP
Last updated on February 19, 2026
