Food Technologist can play vital role in minimizing food loss and waste. Post harvest technology , Product diversification, by product utilization and different methods of food preservation technology can best address the food loss and waste.
for eg. if there is 30% post harvest loss in wheat grain, we can reduce it to below 10% by applying appropriate post harvest technology. we can make further process wheat flour to make noodles, and utilize by product like broken noodles for making another variety of snacks.
similarly, different food preservation technology like, pickeling, salting, brining, fermenting, syruping, freezing, freeze drying, powdering etc. can help reduce the the food loss and waste.
My, concern is to focus in above technology with awareness about importance of reducing food loss and waste in alongways.
Pratiksha Shrestha