2023-2024 / MICA0008-1

Aromas analysis

Duration

8h Th, 16h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Marie-Laure Fauconnier

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Course outline:
Introduction : aroma
Sources of aromas
Techniques of aroma anlysis (sampling, separation, identification, quantification)
Practical work in the laboratory
The student will prepare an innovative food and will its caraterize the aromatic profile.
The student will establish a synthetic sheet presenting the aroma profile analysis of their innovative food and compare it to literature.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the students will be able to 
- identify the main aroma sources
- know the main analytical techniques for food aroma caraterization (advantage/disadvantage)
- to analyze, with the help of the laboratory staff the aroma a of a food
- to write a sytnthetic report on and compare results with literature

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures
Practical work in the laboratory
Group work (project-based)

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Lectures and practical course in the laboratory : face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Teaching materials are provided during the course
Reference books are also available for students

Participation in the laboratory
Interaction with the supervising team
Group assay

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contact with C. Blecker for the preparation of innovative food if necessary

Contacts

Marie-Laure Fauconnier

marie-laure.fauconnier@ulg.ac.be

Laura Lheureux : assistante

Manon Genva : premire assistante

Franck Michels : technician

Thomas Bertrand : technician

Adrien Francis : technician

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