Wolfing Down Food Science

About 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@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/

Publisher

Paige

Category

education · science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2021

Latest episode

6 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 134 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Nov 2026

   Three-Way Seesaw: Balancing Technical Skills, Professionalism, and AI (S10:E8)

   Send us Fan Mail In the past, educators worked with students to foster a balance of technical and professional skill sets. Now, there is a third player, AI. In a way we're now balancing a 3-way seesaw across technical skills, professionalism, and AI. AI is changing the way we learn and work, but it’s only one piece of the food science toolkit. In this episode of Wolfing Down Food Science, Paige and Keith turn the conversation on themselves to explore how educators can prepar...

2. 

   23 Oct 2026

   From Farm to Foil: How Packaging Innovation Fights Food Waste (S10:E7)

   Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder what keeps your food fresh, safe, and protected on its journey from farm to fork? In this episode of Wolfing Down Food Science, we sit down with packaging engineers Chad Cope and Brody Robinson from Sealed Air to explore the crucial role packaging plays in the global food supply chain. In this episode, we unpack: Polymer Science Meets Food Chemistry: How packaging are engineered to protect food quality.Safety & Shelf Life: How packaging technologies control mi...

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   18 Sept 2026

   Non-Trivial Trivia: How College Bowl Preps Food Scientists for the Real World (S10:E6)

   Send us Fan Mail In an era dominated by AI and instant search engines, does fast, real-time memory recall still matter? In this episode of the WDFS Podcast, we step into the high-stakes world of Food Science College Bowl. The College Bowl competition started in 1985 as a way for students to demonstrate their food science knowledge. It covers all areas of food science knowledge, from chemistry to microbiology to engineering, and everything in between. Joined by long-time Coll...

Inside a recent episode

Top 10 Interviews 2024 #10: The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)

Published 28 May 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So, oftentimes, I think when I'm in the grocery store and I see produce being pulled off the shelf, or I hear about lots of produce being left in the field, that, gosh, why can't we just give this food to a food bank and pass it on? On the surface, this sounds really simple. Just donate that food. […]

Who has been a guest on Wolfing Down Food Science

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Lee-Ann Jaykus
• Arnie Sair
• Mandy Taylor
• Yifat Rogers

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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