Cereal, Legume and Oilseed Technology

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Completion of core subjects: 208-741 Chemistry and Microbiology of Food; 208-742 Food Processing; 208-743 Food Safety and Quality.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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and oilseeds; chemistry and nutritional importance of proteins,

carbohydrates and lipids in cereals; harvesting, drying, storage

and pre-processing; grain milling: dry and wet; cereal flour

quality; baking technology: principles, ingredients, product

types, processes, storage and preservation; pasta and breakfast

cereals: raw materials, products and processing; food legumes:

pulses as sources of proteins, carbohydrates, fibre and other

nutritionally beneficial components as well as antinutritional

factors; processing; specialty products: snacks, milk imitations

and other dairy substitutes, protein isolates and concentrates;

oilseeds: source of oil and proteins, extraction and refining of

oils, oil specialty products: margarine, mayonnaise, salad

dressing, fat substitutes etc; waste management issues; future

developments in products and processes.

• An assignment of 2000 words on a particular aspect of cereal processing (40%), due at the end of the second month of semester
• reports on practical classes (20%), due one week after each class
• two hour examination (40%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.