NFOK21002U Beer and Packaging Technology

Volume 2024/2025
Education

MSc Programme in Food Science and Technology

Content

The course gives a theoretical background and technological solutions for beer packaging.

The following topics are covered in detail:

  • Beer chemistry and analysis with laboratory exercises
  • Packaging Technology: lay-out, conveyors, bottling, canning, kegging, pasteurization, washing, filling, labelling, inspection
  • Warehouse
  • Biological Control, Cleaning & Disinfection
  • Packaging analyses
  • Visit to a medium size brewery and/or a large size brewery.

 

Three topics, defined in the beginning of the course, will be discussed in teams. The student will make individual assignemtns based on the team discussions.

Learning Outcome

Students will acquire a theoretical knowledge and skills of beer packaging in order to obtain the technical skills to manage a beer packaging plant. The students will get the competences to assess packaging and cleaning processes.

Knowledge

  • Identify and describe the processes in a standard brewery with respect to physical and chemical changes of beer packaging.
  • Technically manage the packaging process and plant.


Skills

  • Apply concepts from chemistry and food technology to describe the beer packaging process.
  • Reading and using original scientific literature.
  • Calculate physical and chemical processes in the beer packaging plant.


Competences

  • Evaluate the physical and chemical changes happening in beer packaging based on literature, lectures and partly also application of observations aquired during plant visits.
Literature

See Absalon for a list of course literature. In general, reviews, text book chapters, and original scientific literature will be included

Qualifications within the field of beverage technology or a degree as Food Engineer is recommended.

Academic qualifications equivalent to a BSc degree is recommended.
Lectures, where a general theoretical overview of the subject is presented. Theoretical exercises that elaborate and illustrate the theoretical knowledge by using e.g. specific real-life examples. There will be weekly assignments, which will be reviewed in plenum. Practical exercises during visits to breweries and brewery-related companies.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 50
  • Preparation
  • 82
  • Theory exercises
  • 28
  • Practical exercises
  • 8
  • Excursions
  • 10
  • Project work
  • 25
  • Exam
  • 3
  • Total
  • 206
Oral
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
On-site written exam, 3 hours under invigilation
Type of assessment details
Exam consists of a final written test with a total duration of 3 hours covering all subjects taught.

The on-site written exam is an ITX exam.
See important information about ITX-exams at Study Information, menu point: Exams -> Exam types and rules -> Written on-site exams (ITX)
Exam registration requirements

Three written assignments has to be handed in during the course and approved by the course coordinators.

Aid
Only certain aids allowed

The only allowed aids during the written exam are these, which are supplied on the ITX-computer:

  • Excel
  • Maple
  • Calculator
  • Dictionary
  • Book of brewing calculation formulas
  • Book of packaging calculation formulas

 

 

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Re-exam

Non-approved reports must be handed in three weeks prior to the re-exam and approved 2 weeks prior to the re-exam.

If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination in the written exam the examination form will be oral. In this case, there will be 20 minutes for preparation and 20 minutes exam.  

Aids during exam: Only basic calculator, book of brewing calculation formulas and dictionary are allowed, meaning no text books or notes are allowed.

Criteria for exam assesment

See learning outcome