FDSC 4240 - Food Processing Laboratory

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Prerequisite: FDSC 4210. This course receives more credit than typical for the meeting pattern due to substantial academic activity outside of instructional hours.

J. Goddard, C. Moraru, S. Nugen.

This is a senior-level laboratory course focused on demonstrating engineering principles, unit operations, and technologies commonly used during processing and packaging of foods. This laboratory is open to all Food Science majors.

Outcome 1: Build and explain process flow diagrams used in food processing.

Outcome 2: Identify processing equipment used to manufacture or package food products and describe how they work.

Outcome 3: Apply mass and heat balances to food product manufacturing.

Outcome 4: Conduct specific tests for assessing the quality of food products.

Outcome 5: Collect, process, analyze and report data.

Outcome 6: Perform lab and pilot scale basic unit operations.