FDSC 4240 - Food Processing Laboratory

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

Prerequisite: FDSC 4210. Open to: all Food Science majors. Enrollment limited to: CAU-Cornell Dual Degree students (CAU section only). Offered in: Ithaca and CAU Campus, Beijing.

J. Goddard, P. Menchik, 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.

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.