Is food science a life science?

Life science means science connected to biology or specifically biomolecules and cell level science. While food science is not connected with cytology, biochemistry or microbiology. So it's not Life Science. read more

The life sciences are helpful in improving the quality and standard of life. They have applications in health, agriculture, medicine, and the pharmaceutical and food science industries. There is considerable overlap between many of the topics of study in the life sciences. read more

We define "Life Sciences" to encompass companies in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedical technologies, life systems technologies, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food processing, environmental, biomedical devices, and organizations and institutions that devote the majority of their efforts in the various stages of research, development, technology transfer and commercialization. read more

Food science is the applied science devoted to the study of food. read more