When you graduate with a Food Science: Nutrition/Dietetics (B.S.) degree, you are probably wondering what specific field you are interested in to start your career. The fields of nutrition and dietetics offer a diverse range of career paths, from developing new food products in a lab to providing personalized health advice in a clinical setting!
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Here are some careers BYU-Idaho offers on their Food Sciences webpage:
- Food Product Development: You will work in a team to create new foods or improve existing foods by checking quality, safety, affordability, and nutritional value.
- Sensory Science: You will evaluate foods by testing taste, aroma, texture, and overall customer appeal.
- Quality Assurance/Food Safety: You will test and monitor the quality and safety of different food products using scientific methods and techniques.
- Food Processing/Engineering: You will manage plant operations to design sustainable food processing and packaging.
Other Related Fields
Here are some other related fields from the occupational outlook handbook on the U.S. Bureau of Statistics webpage:
- Health Education Specialists: You will help develop and teach programs to help people with their overall health and wellbeing.
- Registered Nurses (RN): You will provide and coordinate care to patients with general health conditions.
- Rehabilitation Counselors: You will work with clients to manage or overcome their own physical or psychological disabilities.
Make a Difference in the World of Food
From experimenting with different foods in a lab to helping others with their personal health needs, there is a variety of careers to choose from with a Food Science: Nutrition/Dietetics (B.S.) degree! BYU-Idaho will prepare you for further education needed for each of these options and more!
Sources:
Dietitians and Nutritionists, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, (2025).
Food Sciences: Nutrition/Dietetics (B.S.), BYU-Idaho, (2025).