General Websites

There is a wide diversity of food science related information to be found on the web.  The following sites give some idea of the scope but for a further selection of over 3000 valuable website links log in and visit Internet Links at www.foodsciencecentral.com

Company information

• Europages (food companies in Europe)
• Food Processing Technology (industry projects, suppliers, events and newsfeeds)
• The Grey House Publishing Food and Beverage Market Place (company information for 40,000 companies in the USA and Canada)

Statistics and market research information

• Datamonitor (details of market research reports)
• Mintel (research reports, global new products database)
• Eurostat (European import & export information)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (trade and production statistics)

European Research Programs

• British Nutrition Foundation (EU and UK projects)
• European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (Guidance on hygienic engineering) 

Industry news

• Just Food (news plus other industry information)
• Food Science Central (industry newsfeed)
• Productscan (new product information)
• Food Navigator (headlines, products & markets, business tools)

University study information and advice

• University of Reading (food-science specific information for students)
• University of Arkansas (research tips)
• FoodSafe Program, Universityof California - Davis (getting the food safety message across with music!)

Distance learning programs and continuing education

• Institute for Food Laws and Regulations - Michigan State University (food legislation)
• University of California - Davis (UC Davis Extension) (Multidisciplinary)
• AIB International (correspondence courses for food professionals)
• Cornell University (science courses including food) 

Professional bodies, trade associations and learned societies

• Food Processing Suppliers Association (includes information on where to purchase food processing machinery)
• Institute of Food Technologists (industry & research news, suppliers)
• The Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association (industry specific information, training etc. for UK)
• Institute of Food Science and Technology (European based professional body, information, training etc)

Corporate websites

• Frito Lay (snack foods: company information, consumer information)
• Nestle (consumer information, nutrition, research)
• Campina (dairy products: European brands and consumer information)
• Kelloggs (health, nutrition and life stages)
  

Information aimed at consumers and non-scientists

• EUFIC - European Food Information Council

• Asian Food Information Centre - Nutrition, health & food safety for the Asia region

• Food Guide Pyramid - Advice on using a food guide pyramid to eat heathily

When using the Internet to carry out your research, you need to consider whether the information you are using is reliable. A few pointers on how to judge reliability can be found here.

So much information is available from food science related websites that it can be very time consuming to keep up to date with changes. RSS Feeds allow information to be delivered to you automatically and are gaining in popularity. These can be a useful tool in keeping up to date. There is a useful background article on RSS on Wikipedia. The IFIS site Food Science Central has more information on its own RSS feeds.

All of these links are checked on a regular basis but if you do find that any of them are inactive/incorrect please let us know by sending an email to ifis@ifis.org