Food Chemistry

CHIM/10 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

DOMENICO SCIOTTO


Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge about the principal aliments, their molecular structure, chemical composition and nutritional value.


Course Structure

Lectures and exercises (classroom and company, also on line.

If teaching is don in mixed or remote mode, specific changes of the program may need to be made.



Detailed Course Content

Macronutrients. Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipids: molecular structrure, chemical transformations, nutritional values.

Liposoluble Vitamins: Isoprenoid structrure.

Water soluble Vitamins : Cofactors

Preservatives.

Main Aliments: Milk, Yogurt, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Chocolat.



Textbook Information

1 - P. Cabras, A. Martelli - Chimica degli Alimenti - Piccin

2 - Tom Coultate - La chimica degli Alimenti - Zanichelli




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