COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOOD ADDITIVES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0014 FOOD ADDITIVES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Efes Vocational School
Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Management

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to provide the students the necessary information about the general features of food additives, the usage areas and potential health risks of food additives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the general features of food additives.
2   Define the general features of antioxidants and acidity regulators.
3   Explain the general features of food preservatives.
4   Define the general features of emulsifiers and gums.
5   Define the general features of emulsifiers and gums.
6   Explain the general features of chelating agents and gelatins and fat replacers
7   Explain the legal regulations about food additives.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Food Additives
2 Antioxidants and Acidity Regulators
3 Antioxidants and Acidity Regulators
4 Food Preservatives
5 Food Colors, Sweetening Agents and Flavor Enhancers
6 Food Colors, Sweetening Agents and Flavor Enhancers
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Emulsifiers and Gums
9 Emulsifiers and Gums
10 Chelate Agents
11 Gelatins and Fat Replacers
12 Other Food Additives.
13 Legal Regulations about Additives

Recomended or Required Reading

T. ALTUĞ ONOĞUR, 'Gıda Katkı Maddeleri', SIDAS 2011, IZMIR.
H. ŞIMŞEK, 'Gıda Katkı Maddeleri Rehberi', Lemi Yayıncılık.
A. Larry Branen, P. Michael Davidson, Seppo Salminen, John Thorngate, 'Food Additives', Taylor & Francis, 2001.
S.N.Mahindru, 'Food Additives', APH Publishing, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, video impressions about the true facts and circumstances related to the subjects, assignments, presentations and by following the current researches through the study of academic papers on the subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

selale.glaue@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611
LO.71