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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / GM-769 - FOOD ENGINEERING (DOCTORATE DEGREE)

Code: GM-769 Course Title: DEFECTS IN FOOD ODOR AND TASTE (OFF-FLAVOR) Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department FOOD ENGINEERING (DOCTORATE DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer KEMAL ŞEN (kemalsen@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Flavour is one of the most important sensory qualities of food. The flavour of food is determined by taste and aroma compounds and texture. The main amim of this lesson is to explain mechanisms of food taint and off-flavor and minimize of these negative factors in foods.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To learn sensory analytical method in detecting taints and off-flavours in food samples PO-1 Has the skills of accessing, evaluating, interpreting and applying the knowledge in the area of engineering
PO-2 Has the skills of designing, applying and evaluating scientific research
PO-3 Integrates knowledge from different disciplines
PO-7 Has the endowments to lecture at the undergraduate level
PO-14 Has the ability to improve herself/himself by identifying his/her educational needs as to the current conditions
Examination
LO-2 To learn instrumental methods in detecting taints and off flavours in foods PO-1 Has the skills of accessing, evaluating, interpreting and applying the knowledge in the area of engineering
PO-2 Has the skills of designing, applying and evaluating scientific research
PO-3 Integrates knowledge from different disciplines
PO-7 Has the endowments to lecture at the undergraduate level
PO-14 Has the ability to improve herself/himself by identifying his/her educational needs as to the current conditions
Examination
LO-3 To understand the source of taints and off-flavours in foods PO-1 Has the skills of accessing, evaluating, interpreting and applying the knowledge in the area of engineering
PO-2 Has the skills of designing, applying and evaluating scientific research
PO-3 Integrates knowledge from different disciplines
PO-7 Has the endowments to lecture at the undergraduate level
PO-14 Has the ability to improve herself/himself by identifying his/her educational needs as to the current conditions
Examination
LO-4 To separate the taints and off-flavours coming from packaging materials, microorganisms, oxidation and cleaning agents. PO-1 Has the skills of accessing, evaluating, interpreting and applying the knowledge in the area of engineering
PO-2 Has the skills of designing, applying and evaluating scientific research
PO-3 Integrates knowledge from different disciplines
PO-7 Has the endowments to lecture at the undergraduate level
PO-14 Has the ability to improve herself/himself by identifying his/her educational needs as to the current conditions
Examination
LO-5 To prevent taints and off-flavours sources or limit ilts. PO-1 Has the skills of accessing, evaluating, interpreting and applying the knowledge in the area of engineering
PO-2 Has the skills of designing, applying and evaluating scientific research
PO-3 Integrates knowledge from different disciplines
PO-7 Has the endowments to lecture at the undergraduate level
PO-14 Has the ability to improve herself/himself by identifying his/her educational needs as to the current conditions
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Sensory analytical methods in detecting taint and off-flavours in food, instrumental methods in dtecting taints and off-flavours, packaging materials as source of taints, microbiologically derived off-flavours, oxidative rancidity, Maillard reaction as source of off-flavours, taints from cleaninfg and disinfection agents.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Food Taints and Off-Flavours Lecture, discussion or distance education
2 Sensory analytical methods in detecting taints, data handling, analysis and presentation Lecture, discussion or distance education
3 Instrumental analytical methods in detecting taints, extraction techniques Lecture, discussion or distance education
4 Packagin material as source of taints - main types of packaging - source of taints - preventing taints Lecture, discussion or distance education
5 Introduction to microbiel taints Lecture, discussion or distance education
6 Bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi as source of taints Lecture, discussion or distance education
7 Oxidative rancidity as source of taints Lecture, discussion or distance education
8 mid-term exam
9 Aoutoxidation, photo-oxidation, lipoxgenase and ketonic rancidity Lecture, discussion or distance education
10 The Maiilard reaction as a source of taints and off-flavor Lecture, discussion or distance education
11 Off-flavors and taints due to interactions between food components Lecture, discussion or distance education
12 Bacterail interactions with food matrix and additives causing by off-flavors Lecture, discussion or distance education
13 Taints from cleaning and disinfection's agents Lecture, discussion or distance education
14 Cleaning and disinfections agents in food and testing safety of these materials Lecture, discussion or distance education
15 Detecting cleaning and disinfections agents in food and water Lecture, discussion or distance education
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 M.J. Saxby, 2001. Food Taints and Off-Flavours: Blackie Academics, USA.
2 Baigre, B. 2003. Taints and off-flavour in food. Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, England
3 Gary Reineccius, 2005. Flavor Chemistry and Technology, Second Edition Taylor & Francis, - 520 pages
Required Course instruments and materials
Book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 8 40
       e) Term paper/Project 4 13 52
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 5 15
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 7 28
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180