Undergraduate majors: food science and engineering, food quality and safety, cooking and nutrition education, food nutrition and detection, food processing technology and other postgraduate majors: food science, food, oil and vegetable protein engineering, agricultural products processing and storage engineering, aquatic products processing and storage engineering, and bioengineering majors in some schools are also related to food. The best food university in China is Jiangnan University in Wuxi, followed by China Agricultural University.

Junior nutritionist (national level 5) (only one of the following conditions is required): (1) has a technical secondary school degree in nutrition and food hygiene, food science, preventive medicine, clinical medicine or nursing, has reached the standard hours of primary formal training in this profession, and has obtained a training certificate (graduation); (2) Obtain the intermediate qualification certificate of relevant catering occupation or have been engaged in catering-related occupation for more than three years continuously, and obtain the training qualification (graduation) certificate after the primary formal training of this occupation reaches the standard hours.

Intermediate nutritionist: (1) has a junior college degree or above in nutrition and food hygiene, food science, preventive medicine, clinical medicine or nursing, and has reached the standard number of hours after formal training at the intermediate level of this occupation, and obtained a certificate of training qualification (completion); (two) to obtain the primary qualification certificate of this occupation for more than four years, to reach the formal training standard of this occupation intermediate level, and to obtain the training certificate (completion);

The emergence of dietitian profession is to meet the needs of social health. Nutritionist is a comprehensive profession, which combines the characteristics of chefs, health professionals, medical practitioners, practitioners of Chinese medicine, psychologists, marketers and administrators. They are not only experts in food, but also experts in nutrition detection, nutrition fortification, nutrition evaluation and other fields to help people get healthy. The professional requirement of dietitians is to focus on health professional services.