2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
FOOD5270M Food Analysis
10 creditsClass Size: 150
Module manager: Dr Yuan Guo
Email: y.guo@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2019/20
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students:- should be able to analyse a food for major nutrients, and understand the limitations of the procedures;
- will understand chemical methods used to assess bioavailabilty, and will gain laboratory experience in some procedures to assess bioavailability;
- will understand HPLC and GLC techniques, their role and limitations in analysis of nutrients;
- will be able to design an analytical protocol and apply this in the laboratory;
- will gain laboratory experience in analysis of nutrients, and in planning laboratory experimentation.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be better able to:
- Understand a range of techniques and their use in determining food composition.
- Understand chemical methods for assessing nutritional quality of foods.
-To be able to plan work and carry out analysis to produce a nutritional label for food.
Skills outcomes
- Laboratory skills
- Planning skills
- Presentation and problem solving
- Group working
- Numeracy and data evaluation skills
- Recording and use of analytical data
- Technical report writing skills.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Methods of calibrationand assessment of errors
- Theory and practice of selected techniques used in food analysis including spectroscopic, chromatographic and electrophoretic.
- Estimation of protein, charbohydrate and lipid in foods.
- Chemical methods used to assess bioavailability of selected nutrients
- The practical component will provide experience of some techniques described in lectures and will include an open ended problem requiring analytical planning.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 18 | 1.00 | 18.00 |
| Practical | 6 | 3.00 | 18.00 |
| Private study hours | 64.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 36.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
- 10 hours: prep work for practical assignment- 11 hours: report writing
- 18 hours: reading for lectures
- 25 hours: examination work
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Progress is monitored through attendance and through an initial interview and then through regular laboratory attendance.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Practical | Practical component | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 1 hr 30 mins | 70.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 04/09/2019
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