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Oct 2021
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01x01. What is Food Science, meet a Food...

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In this first episode, we will introduce Food Science and we will have a conversation with Kerani Kirakos, Application Technology Specialist at Sweegen about her role as a Food Scientist.

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This podcast series is produced in collaboration with some University of Surrey's students, we will meet some of them in the next episodes.


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