FDSC30050 Food Chemistry II

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module follows on from FDSC30040 Food Chemistry 1 and it focuses on food components (e.g. antioxidants, emulsifiers, pigments, flavours) that have a major influence on the quality of foods. In this module students will gain an understanding of laboratory methods to assess the chemical and functional properties of food components (food proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, colours) and changes they undergo during processing and storage. This module is taught in the first seven weeks of the trimester.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
• Describe the structure of selected food components and their functionality in foods.
• Discuss compounds contributing to the taste, aroma and colour of foods.
• Understand commonly used laboratory techniques to assess the properties of food
components (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and colours).

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

14
Tutorial

6
Laboratories

14
Specified Learning Activities

10
Autonomous Student Learning

70
Total

114
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The key learning approaches used in this module are:
• Lectures
• Laboratory work & report writing
• Peer and group work
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
FDSC20010 - Food Macronutrients, FDSC20020 - Nutritional Energy Metabolism, FDSC20090 - Food Macronutrients


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Report(s): Laboratory reports based on experiments carried out in the food chemistry laboratory. n/a Graded Yes

30
Exam (Online): The exam is a mixture of MCQ and short answer questions based on lecture material and laboratory classes. n/a Graded No

50
Group Work Assignment: Laboratory based group work assignment. The final group project and the process will be graded. n/a Graded Yes

20

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

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Name Role
Dr Peter Dunne Tutor
Dr Emma Feeney Tutor
Belay Dereje Olika Tutor
Dr Andrea Silva-Espinoza Tutor
Liwen Zheng Tutor