LLEF10193 Physical and Chemical Changes of Food Quality

Details
Responsible DepartmentDepartment of Food Science

Earliest Possible YearBSc. 3 year to MSc. 2 year
DurationOne block
 
Credits7.5 (ECTS)
 
Level of CourseJoint BSc and MSc
 
ExaminationFinal Examination

oral examination


All aids allowed

Description of Examination: Individual oral examination where the starting point is the project report. The oral test examines the theoretical knowledge, and the knowledge of experimental skills and methods.

7-point scale, internal examiner
 
Requirement for Attending ExamParticipation in group oriented project work, finalised with written report.
 
Organisation of TeachingLectures, theoretical exercises, and practical experimental projects.
 
Block PlacementBlock 1
Week Structure: A
 
Language of InstructionEnglish
 
Optional PrerequisitesLLEA10273 
Food chemistry or comparable qualifications within chemistry, physics, and biochemistry.
 
Restrictions32
 
Course Content
Thermodynamic stability of foods (phase equilibria, chemical equilibria). Kinetic description of changes in foods with special attention to studies of stability and quality changes. Specific physical and chemical processes (lipid and protein oxidation, Maillard reactions, crystallizations, collapses, migration of water). Control of physical and chemical changes in foods (freezing, antioxidants and prooxidants, packaging). The use of chemical and physical principles for the description of changes in foods will throughout the course be illustrated by real examples. Theoretical and practical experience with several experimental methods for characterization and studying the physical and chemical stability of foods.
 
Teaching and learning Methods
Lectures, where a general theoretical overview of the subject is presented. Theoretical exercises that elaborate and illustrate the theoretical knowledge by using e. g. specific real world examples. Practical laboratory experience with chemical and physical analytical methods that are used for studying the stability of foods are obtained through a coherent practical project
 
Learning Outcome
Students will acquire a general theoretical understanding of the chemical and physical changes that occur at a molecular level in foods and which affect the quality of foods. The students will also obtain theoretical knowledge and practical experience with relevant analytical methods.

Knowledge
Identify and describe the chemical and physical mechanisms of common physical and chemical deteriorative processes in food.
Describe commonly applied methods for preventing physical and chemical deteriorative processes in food.

Skills
Apply concepts from chemistry, kinetics and thermodynamics to describe food stability quantitatively.
Apply selected analytical methods that are relevant for describing physical and chemical food stability.
Reading and using original scientific literature.
Present orally and in writing physical and chemical phenomena that are associated with changes of food quality

Competences
Evaluate and predict the physical and chemical quality of foods based on experimental data and scientific literature.

 
Course Literature
Collection of reviews, book chapters, and original scientific literature.
 
Course Coordinator
Mogens Larsen Andersen, mola@life.ku.dk, Department of Food Science/Food Chemistry, Phone: 353-33262
 
Study Board
Study Committee LSN
 
Work Load
lectures26
theoretical exercises20
practicals50
examination10
preparation100

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