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Syllabus 2014-15 - 70122002 - Fermentation in Food and Beverage Processing and Food Biopreservation (Elaboración de alimentos y bebidas mediante fermentación y bioconservación de alimentos)

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DEGREE: Máster en avances en seguridad de los alimentos
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2014-15
COURSE: Fermentation in Food and Beverage Processing and Food Biopreservation
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Fermentation in Food and Beverage Processing and Food Biopreservation
CODE: 70122002 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2014-15
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 6.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: PC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: GÁLVEZ DEL POSTIGO RUIZ, ANTONIO MIGUEL
DEPARTMENT: U130 - CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD
FIELD OF STUDY: 630 - MICROBIOLOGÍA
OFFICE NO.: B3 - B3-249 E-MAIL: agalvez@ujaen.es P: 953-212160
WEBSITE: -
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5894-5029
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

1.      Introduction to food fermentations

2.      Microbes relevant in the manufacture of fermented foods: the lactic acid bacteria

3.      Fermented dairy foods

4.      Fermented meats

5.      Fermented vegetables

6.      Alcoholic fermentations

7. Food spoilage microorganisms

8.      Food biopreservation.

8.1.  An introduction to physical, chemical and biological food preservtaion methods.

8.2.  Role of microbes and their produced antimicrobial substances in food biopreservation.

8.3.  Biopreservation and hurdle technology.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Lectures on the fundamentals of food fermentation and food biopreservation. Along the class period, the student will receive recommendations on updated review manuscripts on essential topics of the subject. The student is expected to read the recommended literature and to present a summary overview on a topic of his/her choice.

 

Practical classes in research laboratories of the university. Visit to an enterprise manufacturing fermented foods or drinks

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

The students will ve evaluated according to the following parameters: attendance to lectures; resuls from evaluation quests; student´s work and public presentation to the class; achievements in practical activities.

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Food microbiology [Recurso electrónico] : fundamentals and frontiers. Edition: 3rd ed. Author: -. Publisher: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2007  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • Compendium of the Microbiological Spoilage of Foods and Beverages [Recurso electrónico] . Edition: -. Author: Sperber, William H.. Publisher: New York, NY : Springer-Verlag New York, 2009.  (Library)
  • Biotechnology of lactic acid bacteria: novel applications. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.  (Library)
  • Handbook of fermented functional foods. Edition: 2nd ed. Author: -. Publisher: Boca Raton [etc.] : Taylor & Francis, cop.2008  (Library)
  • Microbiology and technology of fermented foods [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 1st ed.. Author: Hutkins, Robert W. (Robert Wayne). Publisher: [Chicago, Ill. ] : IFT Press ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006.  (Library)