Amity Institute of Food Technology AIFT, Noida

About Amity Institute of Food Technology AIFT, Noida

Amity Institute of Food Technology, a vital constituent of Amity University was established on December 5, 2006 according to a decision of the Academic Council conveyed vide letter No. AUUP/Academic/03/2006 dated 05.12.2006 by Registrar, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh. In that very Academic Council Meeting, the commencement of B. Tech. (Food Tech.), 4 year programme from the academic year 2007-08 was also approved.

What is Food Technology ?
Food Technology (Food Tech.) is the application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution and consumption of delicious, safe, nutritious and wholesome food. Food Science is a discipline concerned with all the technical aspects of food, beginning with harvest or slaughtering or milking or catching and ending with its processing and consumption. Food Science is in fact highly inter-disciplinary applied science, incorporating concepts and involving topics from Chemistry, Microbiology, Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Nutrition, Biotechnology, Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural, Dairy & Veterinary sciences.