Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
How Food is Made. Understanding Food Processing Technologies
EIT Food and DIL
This online course explored the history of food processing, from its origins to current modern industrial processes. The course covered topics including the advantages and disadvantages of food processing technologies and understand their impact on health, safety, quality, and sustainability.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr. Maarten van der Kamp
Director of education
EIT Food
Anna-Sophie Stübler
Research Associate
DIL
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the principles of food processing and gain an understanding of both traditional and modern industrial techniques
- Explain the range of food processing techniques used in industry and the products they create.
- Assess the importance of food processing to society in terms of health, safety, quality, and sustainability
- Debate how beneficial certain processing techniques are to human health
- Reflect on EU law and regulations
- Describe the challenges of feeding growing populations safely and sustainably
Syllabus
- The history of food processing – why it emerged and why it is important
- Examples of both traditional and innovative food processing technologies and the products they affect
- Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of specific food processing technologies, their impact on health, safety, quality and sustainability
- How EU law keeps the consumer safe and healthy and food on the supermarket shelves
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Issued on 17th July 2022
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