Food Science and Technology Laboratory - FOOD3020

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering

Course Outline: http://www.ceic.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

Enrolment Requirements:

Co-requisite: FOOD3010

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This is a laboratory based course introducing dairy, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, beverages, eggs, sugars, cereals and lipids as food commodities. The need for preservation is demonstrated as physical, chemical and biological deterioration factors and water relationships. Technologies covered are heating, chilling, freezing, drying, brining, pickling, sugar, packaging (MAP and CAP), chemical preservatives and novel methods.