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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
GBLX0155-1  Food chemistry

Duration :  12h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year1
Lecturer :  Georges Lognay
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
Seminars Description of analytical procedures for Food analysis (lipids, proteins, fibers, minerals...) Determination of hydrolytic and oxidative alteration of lipids and determination of food alteration products ( acrylamide,HMF...). Special studies of butter and related products aromas
Seminars on the application of emerging techniques in milk analysis ( NIR, MIR)
Quantitative detemination of hydro- and lipo-soluble vitamins.
Group Work : case study of a food contamination and production of a synthetic report in english
Learning outcomes of the course :  
To tackle modern techniques useful in food analysis. After completing the course the student (within a team work group) is expected to design and present in english a food contamination case report and to propose analytical solutions to investigate this contamination.
The Team work is designed to develop some soft skills and to propose - in english- a pertinent argumentation
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
CHIM9242-4 Fundamentals of quantitative analytical chemistry
BIOL2019-1 Theoritical and physical chemistry applied to the structural analysis of biomolecules
ALIM0010-2 Food, nutrition and human dietetic
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Lectures and seminars 12h
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :  
Belitz H.D, Grosch W., Schieberle P. 2004
"Food Chemistry"3rd Ed. Springer 1070p
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Examination on the proposed summary (100%)
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Team work on a problematic of food contamination. Synthetic summary in English.
Contacts :  
Lognay Georges (Full Professor) +32 81 62 22 20 Georges.lognay@ulg.ac.be


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