| CODE | CHE1520 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Physical and Chemical Properties of Food Constituents: A Molecular Approach | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Chemistry | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will deal with the following topics: Sugars, Mono-, Oligosaccarides, Sugars as solids / in solution, Decomposition, Polysaccharides, Starch, Pectins, Seaweed Polysaccharides, Cellulose, Hemicelluloses & Fibre Gums, Lipids, Fatty acids – structure & distribution, Conjugated linoleic acids, Essential fatty acids, Reactions of unsaturated fatty acids (hydrogenation, margarine & trans fatty acids), Rancidity, antioxidants, Triglycerides (melting & crystallization, cocoa butter & chocolate, interesterification), Polar Lipids (milk fat, cream & butter, phytosterols), Proteins, Amino acids & essential amino acids, Protein structure, Food protein systems (milk, cheese, egg, meat & bread), Enzymes and their behaviour, Water, Structure, Interaction with food components & materials and Binding. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide students with knowledge of: - The structure and properties of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates in food; - The effects of processing and storage on these food components; - The relevance of food components to the properties of selected food commodities. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - State the structures and discuss the properties of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates; - Discuss the effects of processing and storage on these food components; - Relate the composition of selected food commodities to their properties and vice versa; - Describe enzyme action and how enzyme process can be inhibited. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Derive kinetic data of enzyme behaviour from graphical analysis; - Analyse linear graphs. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text: - Coultate, T.P. (2009). Food: The Chemistry of Its Components. 5th edition. RSC Publishing: Cambridge. Reference/Further reading: - Fennema, O. Food Chemistry 2007 4th edn. - Food Chemistry H.-D. Belitz (Author), Werner Grosch, Peter Schieberle. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maria Cardona |
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