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Introduction to Food Processing and Preservation

Online
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

This Food Processing Course teaches various aspects of processing, browning reactions, irradiation and freeze drying. This free online Food Processing and Preservation course, gives a brief explanation of food structure and changes occurring in food during processing, novel and emerging technologies for processing and value addition of food, food products manufacture, preservation and shelf life extension of perishable foods. Learn also the role of water in food and its influence on the shelf life of the food materials and important aspect of food reactions.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID201787
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Identify the different factors influencing the quality of food during processing and storage
• Discuss the principles of food preservation and processing and the aim for any food preservation process
• Identify aspect of food reactions which normally occur in starch-containing foods
• Identify the factors which influence spoilage of foods and traditional food preservation technologies
• Discuss theimportance of reactions in food
• Identify the changes that may occur in many foods when they are exposed to different conditions during processing, handling or storage
• Recognize the functional characteristics of the protein food
• Identify the factors that influence the denaturation process
• Discuss the importance of reactions in food
Course Code2140

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