'NF' -- Nutrition and Food Courses
 
    
 

 

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This course is an exploration of food chemistry, food processing and technology and how these affects the color, flavor, texture, aroma and quality of foods.   The course's core components: government regulation of processing and labeling, sensory evaluation, scientific research methods, function of water in foods, pH and acidity, food processing technologies, nutritional labeling, packaging; dispersion systems, enzyme reactions, food additives, composition and properties of food.
(54 hours lecture;      Degree applicable, CSU)

Course Measurable Objectives:

  1. Assess the differences in structure, composition and nutritive value of fat, protein and carbohydrate.
  2. Assess objective experimental procedures to evaluate food quality.
  3. Apply sanitation and safety principles when handling food products.
  4. Evaluate different methods and procedures of food processing as these processing methods affect the sensory, nutritive, and physical properties of food.
  5. Create the general and nutrition labels for a theoretical food, including the appropriate package design and materials that meet basic government regulations.

Course Level Student Learning Outcomes:


Students completing NF 30 - Food Science Technologies will:
  1. demonstrate mastery of course concepts by designing the functional ingredients, packaging, and labeling of a theoretical food.
  2. feel confident in their ability to decipher a food product label.