r/foodscience is a subreddit with 92k members. The community frequently discusses food science, food, food safety, career, and protein, and they frequently recommend/review sweetener, home roaster, and sour candy, and the most common flair used is career, academia, product development, food safety, and food engineering and processing.
A professional place to discuss questions regarding food science and technology, as well as the greater food industry.
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Popular Topics in r/foodscience
#1
Food Science
30 posts
#2
Food
21 posts
#3
Food Safety
12 posts
#4
Career
7 posts
#5
Protein
6 posts
#6
Flavors
6 posts
#7
Flavor
6 posts
#8
Job
5 posts
#9
Food Technology
5 posts
#10
Product Development
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/foodscience
Sweetener
7 reviews
#1
Allulose
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Stevia
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Erythritol
4.0★ from 1 review
Home Roaster
1 review
#1
Probatino
4.0★ from 1 review
Sour Candy
1 review
#1
Tajin
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/foodscience
#1
Career
: "Changing Careers"
23 posts
#2
Academia
: "Would love some opinions if any works in dairy processing"
9 posts
#3
Product Development
: "At what point Excel stop working for ur product development team?"
7 posts
#4
Food Safety
: "I want to ferment a jar of garlic honey, do I need to worry about botulism?"
6 posts
#5
Food Engineering and Processing
: "What type of trays are these?"
6 posts
#6
Food Entrepreneurship
: "Need help deciding product direction"
6 posts
#7
Food Analysis
: "If Oreos were made with the same ingredients today that they were made with back in 1990, how expensive would each ingredient cost, and would Oreos be more overall?"
5 posts
#8
Food Consulting
: "Started a food safety consulting business: how did you find your first clients?"
5 posts
#9
Research & Development
: "My homemade protein bar developed mold after around 15 days — looking for food science insights"
4 posts
#10
Culinary
: "What’s an ingredient you thought would be easy to replace until you actually tried?"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/foodscience
Yearly
+26k members(39.7%)
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Last updated: October 2, 2026