FDSC 2100

Food Analysis

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Introduces basic analytical techniques for food analysis and other biological analysis. Emphasizes fundamental principles of analytical chemistry, basic laboratory techniques, and modern instrumental methods. Discusses gravimetric, volumetric, and spectrophotometric methods, gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, infrared spectra, and atomic absorption spectrometry.

Prerequisites CHEM 2070 and CHEM 1570 or equivalent.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Describe the principles of food analysis methods.
• Perform basic laboratory techniques in quantitative analysis.
• Write a report, interpret and explain the results obtained in the laboratory.
• Select official methods for food analysis and perform the assays.
• Integrate and apply core competencies in Food Chemistry and Analysis to solve/explain food analysis problems.
• Apply the problem solving and systems analysis skills described above to new situations.
• Present an oral report on the nutritional label of a complex food product.

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