Course: Food Chemistry and Meals

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Course title Food Chemistry and Meals
Course code TUACHP/TZCPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Škrovánková Soňa, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Water in foods and meals - characteristics and properties, occurrence and importance. 2. Amino acids - structure, representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 3. Proteins - structure, representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 4. Fats, oils and substances of a lipidic structure - characteristics, representatives, properties, reactions, occurrence and importance. 5. Fatty acids - structure, representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 6. Mineral elements in foods and meals - characteristics and properties, occurrence and importance. 7. Monosaccharides - structure, representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 8. Oligosaccharides - structure, representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 9. Polysaccharides - structure, representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 10. Hydrophilic vitamins - representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 11. Lipophilic vitamins - representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 12. Aromatic substances - aromatic substances - representatives, properties, occurrence in foods and meals, importance. 13. Flavor active substances - representatives, properties, occurrence in foods and meals, importance. 14. Natural colorants - representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, importance. 15. Contaminants - representatives, properties, occurrence in foods, health assessment. 16. Additives extending stability, color, texture - representatives, properties, importance.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • Belitz H.- D., Grosch W. Food Chemistry. 2nd Ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidleberg, New York , 1999.
  • Jan Velíšek, Jana Hajšlová. Chemie potravin II. Tábor, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86659-16-9.
  • Jan Velíšek, Jana Hajšlová. Chemie potravin I. Tábor, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86659-15-2.
  • ODSTRČIL, J., ODSTRČILOVÁ, M. Chemie potravin. Brno: NCO NZO, 2006. ISBN 978-80-7013-435-1.
  • Velíšek, J. Chemie potravin I, II, III. Tábor : OSSIS, 2002. ISBN 80-86659-03-8.


Study plans that include the course
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