Hi student,

Yes, if you want to take admission in any of the UG courses in NITs than you will have to give JEE Main Examination.

So, for taking admission in food technology branch in NITs, you have to give JEE first and then appear in JoSSA counselling.

Refer here for more info - https://www.careers360.com/courses/b-tech-in-food-technology#How-to-get-admission-in-BTech-Food-Technology

To know your other best admission possibilities of Institutes & branches in JOSSA & State counseling as per your percentile, You can use JEE Main College Predictor tool given below

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer

Feel free to ask doubts in the Comment Section.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!