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Course, academic year 2023/2024
  
   
Food process chemistry - M322002
Title: Procesní chemie potravin
Guaranteed by: Department of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics (322)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2020 to 2026
Semester: both
Points: 6
E-Credits: 6
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 3/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: winter:unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Qualifications:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Additional information: http://Výuka probíhá jen v ZS
Note: you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Filip Vladimír prof. Ing. CSc.
Interchangeability : N322021, N322021A
This subject contains the following additional online materials
Annotation -
The course focuses on a deep understanding of the chemical processes involved in food production, storage, and culinary treatment. Desirable and undesirable changes as well as key reactions in food technologies are taught. Students will learn about methods of removing process contaminants, current legislation, their dietary intake, and ways to suppress undesirable processes. Chemical reactions of macronutrients and minor species do not occur separately; emphasis will be placed on the interaction between the products of chemical reactions with input compounds (autooxidation, Maillard reaction etc.). Emphasis will be placed on modern application of enzymatic reactions in food process chemistry.
Last update: Kyselka Jan (01.02.2026)
Literature -

R:Belitz H.D., Grosch W., Schieberle P.: Food Chemistry, 4th Ed., Springer Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-69935-4.

Last update: Kyselka Jan (03.07.2024)
Syllabus -

1.Water: properties, interactions. Acidobasic equilibria in water solutions, pH, pKa.

2.Aminoacids(AA): reactions of free and bonded AA, reactions of main and other functional groups, changes during food processing.

3.Amidic/peptidic bond, peptides in foods. Origin, properties and changes. Biogenic amines.

4.Proteins, structure, properties and classification. Hydratation, dissociation, thermal denaturation. Chemical, nutritious, physical and textural changes at food processing.

5.Saccharides and sugars: main functional groups and their reactions. Sugar derivatives. Possibilities of regulation of sugar degradative reactions and reactions of nonenzymatic browning.

6.Structure and composition of food polysaccharides. Starch. Hydrocoloids.

7.Modifications of starches: oxidised, chemically and enzymic degraded starches. Dextrines.

8.Lipids and fats; homo- and heterolipids; fatty acids, oils and fats.

9.Important reactions of fats and fatty acids in food technology. Modifications of triacylglycerols. Structured fats.

10.Lipophilic substances, lipophilic vitamins and their changes. Antioxidants. Food emulsifiers.

11.Important enzymatic reactions at food processing, enzymatic browning. Possibilities of regulation of enzymatic processes.

12.Oxidative changes of food components and possibilities of their regulation in technology food technology. Important redox systems.

13.Colour of foods, colorants and their stability in food technology. Mineral substances and their changes.

14.Contaminants and their changes at food technology. Process contaminants. Chemistry of substances for disinfection and sanitation.

Last update: Kyselka Jan (01.02.2026)
Learning resources -

Printed lectures.

Last update: Kyselka Jan (01.02.2026)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to: describe chemical fundamental of food technologies; structure chemical processes taking place on the level of unit operations; control desirable chemical changes of food production; detect the course of undesirable chemical changes on the level of technology and storage.

Last update: Kyselka Jan (01.02.2026)
Registration requirements -

Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Chemistry.

Last update: Kyselka Jan (01.02.2026)
 
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