Standard syllabus
Food chemistry laboratory · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Food chemistry laboratory syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Food sample preparation
- Homogenize and sample foods representatively — Homogenize and sample foods representatively
- Avoid cross-contamination of allergens — Avoid cross-contamination of allergens
- Choose extraction solvents appropriately — Choose extraction solvents appropriately
- Track moisture and mass balance — Track moisture and mass balance
- Label perishable samples with time/temp — Label perishable samples with time/temp
Composition assays
- Moisture, ash, or fat teaching determinations — Moisture, ash, or fat teaching determinations
- Protein/carb assays as scheduled — Protein/carb assays as scheduled
- Titratable acidity and pH of foods — Titratable acidity and pH of foods
- Vitamin or additive colorimetric tests (intro) — Vitamin or additive colorimetric tests (intro)
- Compare measured values to nutrition labels carefully — Compare measured values to nutrition labels carefully
Quality and sensory-linked tests
- Colorimetry of browning or pigments — Colorimetry of browning or pigments
- Texture or viscosity teaching measurements — Texture or viscosity teaching measurements
- Emulsion stability labs — Emulsion stability labs
- Connect chemistry changes to quality outcomes — Connect chemistry changes to quality outcomes
- Discuss sensory limits of instrumental proxies — Discuss sensory limits of instrumental proxies
Food lab reporting
- Food-safe hygiene rules in a chem lab context — Food-safe hygiene rules in a chem lab context
- Unit conversions used on labels — Unit conversions used on labels
- Uncertainty appropriate to food claims — Uncertainty appropriate to food claims
- Short product-improvement recommendation — Short product-improvement recommendation
- Link each assay to food chemistry lecture — Link each assay to food chemistry lecture
What each unit includes
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- Study guide
- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
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