FST3840 Food processing

Processed foods are increasingly popular around the world owing to their convenience, extended shelf life, and palatability. This unit introduces you to food processing principles that group physical food processes into basic unit operations such as fluid flow, heat transfer, drying, evaporation, contact equilibrium processes, mechanical separations, size reduction and mixing. After this, the unit expands on various processing techniques that transform raw materials into foods that are safe (chemically and microbiologically), nutritious, convenient and attractive to consumers. You will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the techniques used in the processing of various food groups. You will become familiar with the physical processes and equipment used in processing of various food groups.