COMPOSITION AND ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOD
cod. 1006578

Academic year 2021/22
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Augusta CALIGIANI
Academic discipline
Chimica degli alimenti (CHIM/10)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

-The aim of the course is to give to the students basic knowledge about food nutrients and classification and composition of main foods
-To give the basis to understand the caracteristics of the main food production chains

Prerequisites

Base knowledge of chemistry from high school

Course unit content

-Nutrients: lipids, sugars, proteins, water, minerals, vitamins
- Transformation of nutrients during technological processing
- Organoleptic characters
- Food additives
- Chemical contaminants
- Food groups: milk and dairy products, eggs, meat, fish, oils and fats, cereals, vegetables, legumes, fruit
- Functional foods, food supplements

Full programme

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Bibliography

Patrizia Cappelli, Vanna Vannucchi. Principi di Chimica degli Alimenti: conservazione, trasformazioni, normativa. Ed. Zanichelli

Teaching methods

Teaching is done through frontal lessons (42 hours, corresponding to 6 CFUs)
The student is required to retrieve and understand the content transmitted during the frontal lessons, both through the study of the notes and through the consultation of textbooks.
The teacher is available for individual explanation during the classes, at the end of lessons or by appointment (by e-mail).
The teacher also uses supplementary teaching material (slide of lessons) loaded on the Elly platform.
On the Elly platform are also uploaded some examples of the multiple-choice questions of the written examinations.
We reserve the right to vary the teaching methods based on the evolution of the pandemic.

Assessment methods and criteria

In order to achieve the final vote, the student must demonstrate that he has memorized and understood the fundamental concepts of each topic.
Assessment of learning involves the conduction of a written examination (1 hour) consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions regarding all the program. To each correct answer is assigned a score of 1 point, zero points to the unanswered question and -0.25 points to the wrong answer. Each question has four possible answers and only one is the correct one.
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths, with a minimum vote of 18/30 for the sufficiency. There is no way to improve the evaluation of the written examination with an oral examination.
We reserve the right to vary the examination methods based on the evolution of the pandemic.

Other information

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