Ko te hoahoa me te waihanga i ngā tukanga, i ngā pūnaha me ngā pūrere e hāngai ana ki te whakarite kai, te tunu me te rokiroki kai. Ko te whāinga kia reka ake te kai, kia māmā ake te whakarite, kia roa ake te rokiroki, kia haumaru ake, kia rahi ake rānei ngā taiora o roto.
Designing and creating processes, systems and devices in relation to the preparation, cooking and storing of food. The aim of food technology is for food to taste better, to be easier to prepare, to store for longer, to be safer, and to be more nutritious.
E whai ana ia i ngā akoranga hangarau kai i te whare takiura.
E tino whai pānga ana te hangarau koiora ki te hangarau kai.
Nā te tino piki o te taupori o te ao, kua ara ake te hangarau kai hei kaupapa nui, e ora ai te mātinitini, e ora ai hoki a Papatūānuku, haere ake nei.