OIL AND FAT TECHNOLOGIES
cod. 19890

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze e tecnologie alimentari (AGR/15)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Acquisition of knowledge about fat and oil production and transformation

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on chemistry and nutrition of oil and fats

Course unit content

Physico-chemical properties of oils and fats, bulk movement of edible oil and fats, oilseed extraction by pressure and solvents, refining by physical and chemical pathway, oils and fats modification: hydrogenation, interesterification, fractionation, butter, margarine, shortenings. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

Manuale degli Oli e dei Grassi-Cappella, Fedeli, Bonaga, Lercker-Tecniche Nuove Ed.<br />
Edible oil processing-Ed by Hamm W & Hamilton RJ- CRC Press<br />
Vegetable oils in food technology-Ed by Gunstone FD-CRC Press

Teaching methods

Oral lessons with seminaries of addicted in fat and oil production

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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