Food Chemistry
Objectives
The main goal of this curricular unit is to provide the future nutritionist with knowledge of food chemistry and to develop laboratory skills to what concerns analysis of food chemical components.
At the end of the curricular unit, the student must be able to:
- Identify chemical functions and isomers
- Recognize structures of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates
- Describe the chemical changes during food processing of main nutrients
- Recognize the importance of food chemical changes from a biological and nutritional point of view
- Understand and perform identification, separation and quantification methods of main food components
- Discuss strategies to prevent food degradation
- Identify vitamins and discuss its biological importance
- Categorize and identify natural and artificial pigments
- Acquire basic competences in laboratory work
- Discuss experimental results
- Plan and write an experimental report
- Give and receive scientific feedback and critical reviews about performed work
General characterization
Code
41004
Credits
5.5
Responsible teacher
Prof.ª Doutora Ana Faria
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Bibliography
- Coultate T, Food : The Chemistry of its Components : Edition 6th, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2016
- Belitz, H.-D., Grosch, Werner, Schieberle, Peter, Food Chemistry. 4th edition. Springer-Verlag, NewYork, 2009
- David L. Nelson & Michael M. Cox. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 5th Edition. 2009.
Teaching method
The UC includes theoretical exposure in large group (2 hours /week) and practical classes in a laboratory. The theoretical content will be delivered to the student in digital format as well as scientific literature considered relevant. The practical classes (1 class 2.5 h/ week) will be held in small groups (3-4 students). A compilation of the protocols will be delivered to the students. Each group will prepare short reports on each experimental work. At the end, each group will prepare a comprehensive scientific report on one of the works carried out to be evaluated by the teacher and presented to the class.
Evaluation method
The evaluation will be distributed with final examination (A1). The practical component (A2), (continuous assessment and evaluation of the final report) will have a 20% weight of the final grade. The student must attend at least 75% of the practical classes and have a rating of at least 10 points (0-20) in the final exam.
Final grade=(A1x0,8)+(A2x0,2)
Subject matter
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