understanding a wide range of issues, including for example, functional

还要理解一系列问题包括
--the functionality of food, sensory perception--

例如食物的功能性和感官知觉
remember whatever we produce,

别忘了无论生产什么
if it isn't going to taste great, it won't be eaten.

要是味道不好就没人会吃
There are only a small fraction of people

只有一小部分人
who eat healthy food that tastes like cardboard,

才会吃像厚纸板那样难以下咽的健康食物
very small proportion,

很小一部分人
as I'm sure you've probably been through in your courses.

我相信在座的人在之前的课程中都知道了
as well as packaging and processing

还要考虑包装和加工问题
I'm sure you will begin to understand increasingly that there are intimate links

我肯定你们将越发理解就加工包装而言
between what you can do in terms of processing and packaging.

这两者之间的紧密联系
The demand for biodegradability or for recyclability is incredibly high.

而对生物降解和再循环的要求又相当的高