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Ever wonder about how your food makes it from the farm to your table? There is a lot of food science along the way. Not a culinary or nutrition podcast, Wolfing Down Food Science is all about the chemistry, microbiology and engineering of food. Questions or comments? Send us an email at wolfingdownfoodscience@ncsu.edu. To find out more about food science at NC State University check us out at https://cals.ncsu.edu/food-bioprocessing-and-nutrition-sciences/
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Keith's Summer Picks: The World's Dumbest Problem: Food Waste (S9:E5)
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Jul 25, 2025 |
Keith's Summer Picks: Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S9:E4)
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Jul 18, 2025 |
Paige's Summer Picks: Cruise Ship Viruses and Vomit Machines. Just Another Day at the Office for Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus (S9:E2)
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Jul 02, 2025 |
Paige's Summer Picks: From a High School Job at McDonalds to a Food Science Career with Arnie Sair (S9:E3)
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Jul 02, 2025 |
Paige's Summer Picks: Empowering Your Career Journey with Mandy Taylor (S9:E1)
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Jul 02, 2025 |
The Shifting Definition of Success with Yifat (S8:E7)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
Having Your Cake & Eating It Too: Food Science, Leadership, and Life Skills with Kenya Hairston (S8:E6)
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May 12, 2025 |
Joey Stazzone and the Inspiring Origin Story of Cafe Kreyól (S8:E5)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
Are You Ready for READYBAR? (S8:E4)
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Apr 11, 2025 |
From juice to vino and beyond: Food science in the beverage industry (S8E3)
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Mar 28, 2025 |
Engineering sustainable proteins around the world (S8:E2)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
Enthusiastically Extending Food Safety Across North Carolina (S8:E1)
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Feb 17, 2025 |
WDFS Live! Ultra Processed Foods: What Are They? What Should You Know About Them? (S7E3)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
The First Ever WDFS Live event! New (Delicious!) Sources of Sustainable Protein S7E2
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Nov 18, 2024 |
Happy Fall Ya'll! Catching up with WDFS (S7:E1)
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Oct 09, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #1: Seeing sustainability as a big picture concept (S4:E7)
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Sep 20, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #2: Are Americans riddled with nutritional guilt and overwhelmed with scientific information? (S3:E10)
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Sep 06, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #3: How a high school job at McDonalds launched a career in food science (S5:E9)
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Aug 16, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #4: Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding (S2:E3)
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Aug 02, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #5: The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (S5:E2)
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Jul 19, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #6: Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S5:E4)
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Jul 12, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #7: Nurture vs. Nature - Empowering Individuals in the Career Journey (S5:E6)
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Jun 28, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #8: Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (S4:E5)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #9: Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (S3:E9)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #10: The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)
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May 28, 2024 |
The Season 6 Wrap Up (S6E16)
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May 06, 2024 |
Breaking Out of the Healthy Living Paradox (S6E15)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
Service with a Smile (S6E14)
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Apr 05, 2024 |
A Sales Career in Combat Boots (S6E13)
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Mar 29, 2024 |
It Takes Guts to be a Nutrition Research Consultant - Part 2 (S6E12)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
It Takes Guts to be a Nutrition Research Consultant - Part 1 (S6E11)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
How a Curious Competitive Swimmer Found a Future in Food Science (S6E10
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Feb 12, 2024 |
Impossible Journey into the World of Plant Proteins (S6E9)
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Jan 26, 2024 |
Food Science and Stand Up Comedy, Now with More Cow Bell (S6E8)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
Have a holly jolly food science season! (S6:E7)
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Dec 24, 2023 |
Just Plane Unexpected. Food Science Reunion on a Flight Back from Charlotte! (S6:E6)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
Wine Not? From NC Entrepreneurs to Califermentation (S6: E5)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
Gratefulness Thanksgiving Episode (S6:E4)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Spicing Up Food Science with Storytelling and Travel (S6:E3)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Discovering food science in a coffee lab (S6:E2)
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Oct 28, 2023 |
The Grand Re-Opening with Season 6 (S6:E1)
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Oct 13, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #1 Where Do Spoilage Microbes Come From? (Rebroadcast)
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Sep 15, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #2 Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (Rebroadcast)
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Sep 08, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #3 Preservation is not a four letter word. (Rebroadcast)
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Sep 01, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #4 Is the water in your food active or on vacation? (Rebroadcast)
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Aug 19, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #5 Preservation Chemicals Versus Processing (Rebroadcast)
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Aug 04, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #6 Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 28, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #7 Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding (rebroadcast)
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Jul 21, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #8 Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (Rebroadcast))
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Jul 14, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #9 The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (Rebroadcast))
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Jul 07, 2023 |
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #10 The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (Rebroadcast))
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Jun 30, 2023 |
The Season 5 Finale (S5:E12)
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Jun 23, 2023 |
A Joyful Journey Toward Better Food Around the World (S5:E11)
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Jun 09, 2023 |
COVID-19, Cruise Ship Viruses, and Vomit Machines. Just Another Day in the Office for Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus (S5: E10)
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May 19, 2023 |
How a high school job at McDonalds launched a career in food science (S5:E9)
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May 05, 2023 |
How ‘Bout Them Apples? (S5:E8)
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Apr 21, 2023 |
Becoming an Upstart - Differences between global to start up companies (S5:E7)
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Apr 07, 2023 |
Nurture vs. Nature - Empowering Individuals in the Career Journey (S5:E6)
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Mar 24, 2023 |
Fiddling with Food Safety (S5:E5)
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Mar 10, 2023 |
Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S5:E4)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Balancing Quality and Quantity: Amena’s QA/QC Career Journey (S5:E3)
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Feb 10, 2023 |
The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (S5:E2)
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Jan 27, 2023 |
Stress, strain, and relaxation: The Happy New Year Food Science Career Episode (S5:E1)
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Jan 13, 2023 |
Seeing sustainability as a big picture concept (S4:E7)
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Dec 31, 2022 |
Interview with a food science rock star who is working toward a better future (S4:E6)
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Dec 16, 2022 |
Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (S4:E5)
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Dec 02, 2022 |
Milk without a cow, you don’t say! (S4:E4)
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Nov 18, 2022 |
Finding more energy where we already have it (S4:E3)
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Nov 04, 2022 |
The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)
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Oct 21, 2022 |
What is sustainability? (S4:E1)
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Oct 07, 2022 |
Rebroadcast: Preservation is not a 4 letter word!
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Rebroadcast: Preservation Chemicals Versus Processing
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Rebroadcast: Where do spoilage microbes come from?
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Jul 18, 2022 |
Are Americans riddled with nutritional guilt and overwhelmed with scientific information?
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Jun 21, 2022 |
Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (S3:E9)
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Are you a humble nutritionist? What we don’t know part 2 (S3:E8)
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May 20, 2022 |
Are you a humble nutritionist? What we don’t know. Part 1 (S3:E7)
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May 06, 2022 |
Living Our Best Life: Non-essential nutrients (S3:E5)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
When did vitamins become so important? The Funky story of discovery (S3:E4)
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Mar 25, 2022 |
What are the macros in your food? (S3:E3)
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Mar 11, 2022 |
What’s in a food label? (S3:E2)
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Indulging in Valentine’s Day candy? Emotional impacts of food
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Feb 11, 2022 |
Fruitcake: A Doorstop or the first energy bar? (S2:E15)
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Dec 25, 2021 |
Food Science by the Fireside: What’s the nog in eggnog? (S2:E14)
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Dec 17, 2021 |
Gingerbread houses- everything you wanted to know that you didn’t know you wanted to know(S2:E13)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
Food Science by the Fireside: Avoiding Thanksgiving Disasters with Dr. Ben Chapman
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Nov 24, 2021 |
Food Science by the Fireside: PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
What's crunchier, a carrot or a glass of milk? (S2:E8)
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Nov 05, 2021 |
Interview with Chris Vineyard : A Chewing Professional (S2:E7)
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Oct 29, 2021 |
Iconic Crunch and LOUDNESS (S2: E6)
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Oct 22, 2021 |
Spoon it, slurp it, savor it! Milk in many forms (S2:E5)
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Oct 08, 2021 |
Water Works - The relationship between water content and texture
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Oct 01, 2021 |
Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding
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Sep 24, 2021 |
Breaking down the textural contrast of s'mores
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Sep 17, 2021 |
Are you team crunchy, chewy, or creamy?
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Sep 10, 2021 |
Summer Shorts #5 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
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Aug 20, 2021 |
Summer Shorts #4 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
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Aug 13, 2021 |
Summer Shorts #3 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
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Aug 06, 2021 |
Summer Shorts #2 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
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Jul 30, 2021 |
Summer Shorts #1 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
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Jul 21, 2021 |
Cool Tech Part II: Pressure and Plasma with Dr. Deepti Salvi
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Jul 09, 2021 |
Cool Tech Part I: The Power of Light
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Jul 02, 2021 |
Preservation Chemicals Versus Processing
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Jun 26, 2021 |
Where Do Spoilage Microbes Come From?
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Jun 22, 2021 |
Freezing it Faster Keeps it Fresher. Thanks, Clarence Birdseye!
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Jun 11, 2021 |
How Heat Preserves Food
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May 27, 2021 |
The positive power of acids in foods
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May 21, 2021 |
Since the beginning of time...microorganisms preserve through fermentation Part II
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May 14, 2021 |
Since the beginning of time...microorganisms preserve through fermentation Part I
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May 07, 2021 |
Is the water in your food active or on vacation?
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Apr 30, 2021 |
Getting to know you...
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Apr 23, 2021 |
Preservation is not a four letter word.
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Apr 23, 2021 |