Course curriculum

A short course on functional food

    1. Introduction to functional food

    2. Defining functional food

    3. Making food functional

    4. Review questions on functional food definition

    5. Similarities and differences between different food categories

    6. note on similarities and differences between food categories

    7. Review questions for Understanding food categories

    8. Bioactive compounds need protection

    9. Functional ingredients are prone to degradation

    10. Bioactive compounds need protection

    11. Review questions for Bioactive compounds need protection

    1. Inulin as a functional food ingredient

    2. Dietary fibers as functional food ingredients

    3. Dietary fibre notes

    4. Inulin note

    5. Review questions for Understanding inulin and dietary fibers

    1. Beta-glucan as a functional food ingredient

    2. Phytosterols as special functional food ingredients

    3. Beta glucan note

    4. Phytosterol note

    5. Review questions for Understanding beta glucan and phytosterols

    1. Introduction to food fortification

    2. Review questions for Understanding food fortification.

    3. Fortification with vitamin C

    4. Fortification with iron

    5. Fortification with zinc

    6. Interview script for "Zinc as fortificant"

    7. Review questions for Fortification with micronutrients (vitamin C, iron and zinc)

    1. Summary of steps for bringing functional food to market

    2. Opportunities and challenges of functional food

    3. Opportunities and challenges of functional food

    4. Review questions

    1. Antioxidant products concept

    2. Functional food product concept

    3. Sample of group assignment - product promotion

    4. Sample of group assignment instruction - product proposal

    5. Assignment sample - video for product promotion

    6. Sample of product proposal by students

    7. Sample of product brochure by student

    8. Sample of new extract development

About this course

  • $1.00
  • 40 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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Beyond nutrition!

Can food offer something more than just nutrients for energy, growth and repair, or more than just eating pleasures? Can food reduce the risks of diseases? How? Find out more in this exciting short course!

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