Food Technology incursions | Years 9 to 12
Bring Food Technology to life.
Turn nutrition theory into real-world skills with an interactive, curriculum-aligned incursion delivered by Accredited Practising Dietitians.
From TikTok nutrition trends to supermarket food labels, we make food education relevant, engaging and genuinely useful.
- 60-minute interactive session
- Accredited Practising Dietitians
- NSW · VIC · QLD
Food education that goes beyond the textbook.
Students are surrounded by nutrition information. But knowing what is accurate, what is marketing and what is relevant to them is not always easy.
Our incursions connect curriculum content with the food decisions teenagers are already making. These are possible focus areas, not five separate sessions. Your 60-minute incursion is tailored to your year level and curriculum priorities.
Nutrition claims and misinformation
Can students tell the difference between credible nutrition advice and a persuasive social media claim?
Food labels and smarter choices
Understand nutrition information panels, ingredient lists, serving sizes and what packaging claims really mean.
Food marketing and consumer influence
Explore how advertising, influencers and food trends shape what we buy and believe.
Nutrition for energy and performance
Understand how food supports concentration, energy, growth, sport and everyday wellbeing.
Food choices and nutrition confidence
Build practical skills for navigating conflicting messages without rigid food rules or unnecessary guilt.
More than nutrition knowledge. Skills for life.
Think critically
Question nutrition claims, recognise misleading messages and evaluate the credibility of information.
Choose confidently
Understand food labels and apply nutrition knowledge to everyday decisions.
Build a healthier relationship with food
Develop practical, balanced approaches to nutrition without fear, guilt or restrictive food rules.
Designed to support your curriculum.
Our sessions complement Food Technology and Food Studies requirements across NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Content can be tailored to the year group, unit and learning outcomes your students are covering.
New South Wales
Relevant courses: Food Technology Years 9 to 10; Food Technology Stage 6 (Years 11 to 12).
Relevant areas:
- Food selection for nutrition and health
- Food availability and selection
- Nutrition, diet and health
- Contemporary nutrition issues
- Marketing within the Australian food industry
The Food Technology 7 to 10 Syllabus (2025) is scheduled for implementation from 2028. Until then, schools continue with the current 2019 syllabus. We map the session to whichever one your school is teaching.
Enquire about NSW incursions →Victoria
Relevant courses: Years 9 to 10 Design and Technologies (food specialisations); VCE Food Studies Units 1 to 4.
Relevant areas:
- Influences on food selection
- Accuracy of food information provided to consumers
- Media and marketing in the food system
- The effects of food on health
- Product analysis and evaluation
Queensland
Relevant courses: Years 9 to 10 Design and Technologies (food specialisations); Senior Food & Nutrition (General).
Relevant areas:
- Nutrition and food choices
- Food trends and influences
- Nutrition information and consumer decisions
- Evaluating food products
- Evidence-informed nutrition decisions
Course names are current at the time of publication. We confirm exact outcomes with you before your session.
A fresh voice. Specialist expertise. Real impact.
Food conversations can quickly move beyond the classroom. From supplement questions to restrictive eating trends and body image concerns, students are navigating an increasingly complicated nutrition landscape.
Our Accredited Practising Dietitians bring current, evidence-based expertise and experience presenting to teenagers. We create a positive, engaging learning environment where students can ask questions, challenge misinformation and build confidence around food.
- Evidence based and professionally qualified
- Experienced secondary school presenters
- Engaging, interactive and age appropriate
- Sensitive, non-diet approach
See our school sessions in action
In 90 seconds, see how our dietitians engage students and what they take away. This is our school program overview, and the same presenting style is used in every incursion.
Bringing nutrition education to schools across Australia
Loved your nutrition presentation today and found it very interesting, inspirational and almost life changing.
Year 8 student
Loved by students, trusted by staff
Staff testimonial, Marist Catholic
We found it extremely worthwhile and your information we found to be most importantly to us, both valid and reliable.
Students and staff alike took away something new from the presentation, which provoked some great conversations to follow up with in the classroom.
On the truth behind the science surround food, tackling myths, and the stated the importance of optimal nutrition has on our overall wellbeing. The students were engaged throughout, and took a lot away from the program, incorporating strategies that they can implement in their day to day lives. We HIGHLY recommend the team at ‘The Biting Truth’.
Such an important message. Setting our students up for making balanced health choices throughout their lives.
We had The Biting Truth come and speak to our Year 11 and 12 students this week and had a fantastic experience. Alex was knowledgeable, engaging and provided the students with information that was useful, clear and appropriate.
Dietitians. Educators. Real talk.
Alex Parker and Anna Morgan are Accredited Practising Dietitians and co-founders of The Biting Truth. Between them they have spent over two decades working in nutrition, including more than ten years each in the high school space.
Both have their own complicated histories with food. They know firsthand what it feels like to grow up navigating confusing messages about eating, bodies, and what "healthy" is supposed to look like. Our school sessions are, in many ways, the education they wish someone had delivered to them at school.
They are also both mothers to daughters. That is not background detail. It is the reason this work matters to them the way it does.
Every incursion is delivered by an Accredited Practising Dietitian from our team.
Easy to organise. Designed for your students.
Tell us what you are teaching
Share your year group, curriculum focus and preferred timing.
We tailor the session
We adapt the content and examples to suit your students, and send you a quote.
We bring the learning to life
An Accredited Practising Dietitian delivers an interactive 60-minute incursion at your school.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Food Technology incursion involve?
It is a 60-minute interactive session delivered in person at your school by an Accredited Practising Dietitian. Students explore nutrition claims, food labels and the influences on their food choices, with plenty of room for questions and discussion.
Which year levels is it suitable for?
Years 9 to 12. We adapt the content and examples to the year level and the unit your students are working through.
How much does an incursion cost?
Pricing depends on your location, the number of sessions and the size of your groups. Send us an enquiry and we will reply with a quote that fits your school.
Can the session be tailored to our unit?
Yes. Tell us your year group, curriculum focus and preferred timing, and we will shape the session around what your students are covering.
Where do you deliver?
In person across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, subject to location and availability. If you are outside a major centre, ask us and we will let you know what is possible.
Will students be told what to eat or how to look?
No. Our approach is evidence based, non-diet and sensitive to body image and food concerns. We do not discuss calories, weight loss or good and bad foods.
Does this replace what I teach?
No. It complements your teaching. We bring specialist nutrition expertise and real-world examples that support your syllabus content and give students a different voice to hear it from.
How do we book?
Complete the enquiry form below with your year group and curriculum focus. We reply within one business day to talk through your session and send a quote.
Bring Food Technology to life at your school.
We'll do the rest.Tell us a little about your students and we'll be in touch to discuss an incursion that fits your curriculum.
- Reply within one business day
- Quote included with our reply
- No obligation
- Easy to share with your Head of TAS
Prefer to talk? Call us on 0423 498 910