With the improvement of people's living standards, more and more people begin to pay attention to healthy diet, and the demand for nutritional catering is increasing. In addition, the state pays more and more attention to food safety, nutrition and health, and the policy support is increasing.
Graduates majoring in nutrition and catering are mainly engaged in the following tasks: providing investigation and analysis of nutritional needs for diners, designing balanced diet recipes, making nutritious meals and providing nutritional guidance. They can find employment opportunities in Confucius Center, teahouses, kindergartens, domestic companies, hospital canteens, health clubs, beauty salons, self-employed businesses and other enterprises and institutions.
It is estimated that the demand gap of professional nutrition talents in China is about 4 million, and there are about 400,000 business units in catering, fast food, catering and other related enterprises nationwide. Therefore, graduates majoring in nutrition and catering are highly competitive in the job market.
Characteristics of nutrition catering specialty:
1, multidisciplinary crossing: Nutrition and catering specialty involves knowledge of food science, nutrition, cooking technology and other disciplines, which requires students to have a wide range of knowledge and strong hands-on ability.
2. Strong practicality: the specialty of nutrition and catering focuses on cultivating students' practical operation ability, such as food processing management, food nutrition analysis, food quality and safety management, etc.
3. Strong pertinence: The nutrition catering major mainly designs catering for the nutritional needs of specific groups, such as children, the elderly and patients.
4. Pay attention to individuation: Nutrition and catering specialty emphasizes individualized catering design according to individual differences, such as eating habits, physical condition and genetic factors.
5. Pay attention to food safety: Nutrition and catering majors should not only pay attention to food nutrition, but also pay attention to food hygiene and safety to ensure people's food safety.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nutritional Catering