I really like to go to the supermarket, I
can spend hours in the supermarket
and just look at the new products.
I am mostly interested in the quality of the food.
You have to be proud to be a food
technologist, because you can have an
impact on the daily life of people.
The food industry, first of all is
one of the largest industries globally,
but also, the degree of innovation that is present in 
the food industry is very impressive.
You do not see this, but every 
time you go to the supermarket,
you see some new product.
Behind that new product there are
people who designed the product, produced the 
product, scouted for new ingredients,
so, it is a continuous innovation.
I decided to study Food Technology, because I
always liked food, and I always liked cooking
and in school I realized that natural
sciences are what is most logical to 
me and which is easiest to me.
So, then I found Food Technology 
to be the perfect fit for me.
Wageningen University is number one 
in food for many years now.
So, if you are someone working in food around the world, Wageningen is the first name that comes to mind.
We always say: "Wageningen is the
Disneyland of the food scientist."
You will have fun, the type of study 
you do can be rewarding.
It is fundamental, in some aspect you
can really be challenged by the theory
and so on, but also applicative.
You can design food, you can test 
your ideas in different courses.
Let us say you cannot be bored while
studying Food Technology.
Every period you have new courses that
challenge you in a different direction.
When you graduate in Food Technology 
with the stamp of Wageningen
on the top, it is really a big asset
on your resume.
We are using a lot of sugars and stuff like that
and there are always
possibilities to reduce the sugar or the fat
and just bring in more natural based
compounds to get a bit more quality.
Getting back to basic is just to gain
more taste and quality without those
added sugars, salt and fats.
Since I have a background in Food Technology, I also
see the production side of the products.
For example, when you have cookies with like a cream filling,
which holds more moisture than the cookies itself
and you have to make sure that the
cookie still stays crispy.
I want to become a product designer, the nicest would be for a big Food Company.
Ofcourse, because you have so many
possibilities, because they usually not
only have like one type of product, 
but many different ones.
You have many possibilities, also in building a career and becoming more than a product designer.
