Advanced Food Chemistry - FOOD8110
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Chemical Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.chse.unsw.edu.au/staff/course_outlines.html
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
This course provides students with a knowledge base of core food chemistry topics, with an emphasis on chemical changes during processing and storage. The key topics covered include food enzymology, food proteins, food colloids, food additives, food aromas and flavours, food colorants, functional foods and bioactives. Analytical techniques used to assess these components and associated chemical reactions will also be presented.