NFOK13004U Food Science and Culinary Techniques
MSc Programme in Food Innovation and Health
The course includes a series of lectures giving a scientific
description of foods as a chemical and physical system. It relates
to proteins, lipids, carbohydrates as well as topics within general
chemistry (inorganic and organic), acid and bases, and interaction
of these components.The course provides an understanding of the
culinary techniques used in the production of foods and highlights
the effects of food processing on the chemical and physical
properties of the food product such as changes in structure
and functionality.
Practical exercises in preparation of foods will be used as a
stepping stone to the understanding of culinary techniques. The use
of ingredients in various recipes will be evaluated and thereby
demonstrate important experimental aspects of food processing and
preparation. This will include afterlab discussions with
reflections over culinary processes to understand how they
contribute to palatability in foods.
The lectures and theoretical exercises will demonstrate how food components contributes to the functional properties in dry systems, crystalline states, emulsions, foams and other real food systems. During the practical exercises students will be trained in using various rapid sensory methods to asses foods.
Students will obtain a scientific understanding of the chemical and physical composition of foods and which changes occur when various culinary techniques are applied.
Students will obtain a theoretical and practical foundation for working at the interface of science and gastronomy.
A student who has fulfilled the aim of the course should be able to:
Knowledge
- Describe some important chemical reactions and physical changes during processing of foods.
- Identify factors of relevance for detection, perception and loss of aroma compounds in different solvents.
Skills
- Work in a gastronomic laboratory with specific culinary techniques and follow instructions to obtain a well-defined product.
- Explain the changes in foods taking place during preparation of food from a chemical and a physical point of view.
- Predict the outcome of various culinary techniques in relation to the composition of the raw material.
- Evaluate a complex food and communicate the compositional structure of the product.
- Evaluate the effect of various culinary techniques on the food structure and flavour.
Competences
- Work effectively in a group with a practical exercise.
Margaret McWilliams (2014) - Foods: Experimental
Perspectives, 7th Ed.
Compendium
Instructions for Practical Exercises
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 24
- Lectures
- 36
- Practical exercises
- 28
- Preparation
- 66
- Theory exercises
- 52
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignment, 24 hoursIndividual written assignment which must be completed within 24 hours on a specific topic based on the curriculum.
- Exam registration requirements
Participation in afterlab discussions of practical exercises, min.80%
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
More than one internal examiner
- Re-exam
If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral.
If participation in afterlab discussions of practical exercises of min.80% have not been fulfilled, students must take the course again.
Criteria for exam assesment
Cf. Learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NFOK13004U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- CPractical exercises Wednesday 13-17 and following afterlab discussions
- Course capacity
- 30
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Food, Human Nutrition and Sports
Contracting department
- Department of Food Science
Course responsibles
- Karsten Olsen (ko@food.ku.dk)