Advanced Food Chemistry - FOOD4110

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Chemical 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:

Prerequisite: CHEM2921

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.