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Food Engineers 
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Analyze and study the basic elements of food to improve safety, production, and nutrition
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Working Conditions
Most food engineers work in labs, offices, and food processing plants. They travel a lot, and It all varies based on the company you work with
The working condition is decent, and people rate their satisfaction with this job a 3.1/5
The disadvantages of this job are: you travel a lot, your pay is average even though you do a lot, and you don't have much direct textbook training, due to companies keeping trade secrets
Type Of work
They work in offices to make new products, and products made for food
They also work in food processing plants looking to make new products to make shipping, and producing faster.
They do work in labs testing new equipment they made for food, and seeing how preserving products work
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Major Responsibilities
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The first major responsibility is making new techniques for processing, packaging, and preserving food
The fourth major responsibility is doing research to create new foods, and pharmaceutical products
The last major responsibility is offering help, and working with food manufacturing companies
Current salary
The average salary of all food engineers is $66,132 annually
The average salary of the 25th percentile of food engineers is 39,500 annually
**The top earning food engineers have an average salary of $105,000 annually
The 75h percentile of food engineers have an average annual salary of 79,500 annually
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