Wolfing Down Food Science
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@gmail.com. To find out more about food science at NC State University check us out at https://cals.ncsu.edu/food-bioprocessing-and-nutrition-sciences/
Episodes
100 episodes
WDFS Live! Ultra Processed Foods: What Are They? What Should You Know About Them? (S7E3)
This episode is a recording of our second WDFS Live event. Our guest, Dr. Sarah Ash, Professor Emeritus in Nutrition at NC State University, and Adam Yee, entrepreneur many times over in the food industry, join us to discuss ultra process...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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58:58
The First Ever WDFS Live event! New (Delicious!) Sources of Sustainable Protein S7E2
There's a first for everything. WDFS hosted it's first live event at NC State University's DH Hill library in September. This is a broadcast of the previously recorded event discussing sustainable proteins with Dr. Nathalie Plundric...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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52:50
Happy Fall Ya'll! Catching up with WDFS (S7:E1)
Happy fall ya'll! WDFS is kicking off the season by catching up with our hosts, Keith and Paige, and our producer, Eliza. After a busy summer, we find out where everyone has traveled to and what we learned. Join us for the sea...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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40:10
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #1: Seeing sustainability as a big picture concept (S4:E7)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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26:43
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #2: Are Americans riddled with nutritional guilt and overwhelmed with scientific information? (S3:E10)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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27:28
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #3: How a high school job at McDonalds launched a career in food science (S5:E9)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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38:02
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #4: Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding (S2:E3)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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54:29
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #5: The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (S5:E2)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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42:37
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #6: Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S5:E4)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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46:57
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #7: Nurture vs. Nature - Empowering Individuals in the Career Journey (S5:E6)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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33:06
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #8: Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (S4:E5)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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1:01:13
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #9: Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (S3:E9)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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43:19
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #10: The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would ...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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49:05
The Season 6 Wrap Up (S6E16)
We are wrapping season 6 up and three eventful years of Wolfing Down Food Science! Here at NC State University we have finished the semester and are heading into summer. Naturally, we want to reflect. Join us as we reflect on season...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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31:49
Breaking Out of the Healthy Living Paradox (S6E15)
Ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of “health” information out there? What is healthy living? Is it possible that some of the advice about healthy living could be having the opposite effect? That’s the question that author Dr...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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21:32
Service with a Smile (S6E14)
Dr. Brian Farkas earned his Masters and Doctoral degrees in engineering from the University of California, Davis. He has served as a professor of Food Science at NC State University, as Department Head of the Food Science Department at Pu...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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54:08
A Sales Career in Combat Boots (S6E13)
Henry Havey graduated from NC State with an undergraduate degree in 2016. He has worked as an instructional technology consultant, as a sports nutrition intern, and as a salesperson in the retail supplement industry as well as with busine...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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1:04:07
It Takes Guts to be a Nutrition Research Consultant - Part 2 (S6E12)
Our conversation with Stephen Fleming was so good, it's a two parter! Stephen Fleming is the CEO and Co-Founder of Traverse Science. His company provides insights that allow food companies to innovate in the nutrition space. H...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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32:03
It Takes Guts to be a Nutrition Research Consultant - Part 1 (S6E11)
Stephen Fleming is the CEO and Co-Founder of Traverse Science. His company provides insights that allow food companies to innovate in the nutrition space. He started out at community college, then earned a Bachelor's degree in Psych...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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34:00
How a Curious Competitive Swimmer Found a Future in Food Science (S6E10
Caroline Campbell has always been interested in all aspects of food, from culinary to science and nutrition. As a competitive swimmer, she connected her knowledge of nutrition with her performance. After earning 3 degrees in food sc...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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44:15
Impossible Journey into the World of Plant Proteins (S6E9)
Marjorie’s start at NC State has taken her halfway around the world and back again. After receiving her undergraduate degree in food science at NC State, she went to New Zealand to get a PhD in Chemistry with a focus on food structure.&nb...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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28:57
Food Science and Stand Up Comedy, Now with More Cow Bell (S6E8)
James Chapa is a graduate of NC State’s Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition department. He is now a scientist at Novozymes, a company that produces enzymes for many industries including the food industry. His area of expertise deals w...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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46:11
Have a holly jolly food science season! (S6:E7)
Well, it’s a special time of year where Christmas trees and garland are all around. We thought your season would be enhanced with a little bit of food science! This episode holds some of our season flavorites (yep, you read that rig...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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30:27
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Just Plane Unexpected. Food Science Reunion on a Flight Back from Charlotte! (S6:E6)
Jacques Overdiep is a graduate of NC State’s Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition department. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science at NC State and completed a MS degree in Food Science and Technology at Iowa State University. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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44:49
Wine Not? From NC Entrepreneurs to Califermentation (S6: E5)
Today on WDFS we are speaking to Mitchell Langston. He is a senior in food science at NC State University. Mitchell has had a variety of work experiences during his time at NCSU. From a California winery to right in our depart...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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