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BIO3811 Food Product Development

Semester 2, 2022 External
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: BIO1810

Overview

Graduates working in the food industry require a knowledge of the multiple phases required to bring new food products into the marketplace. This course provides an overview of these key steps including; the ideation or decision stage, the market research stage, definition of the product parameters, the assemblage stage and the deployment of the product into the market place.

This course will examine how new food products are developed for society using modern approaches and technologies. The course also focusses on how these methods can enhance existing food products in terms of their quality and health value.

This course contains a highly recommended Residential School where students will be working with students from other courses, and will involve factory tours.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Apply expertise in the process of new food product ideation;
  2. Critically evaluate how market research identifies the need for new food products;
  3. Apply expertise in the definition stage of food product development;
  4. Critically evaluate the key steps in the assembling of new food products;
  5. Integrate knowledge of the main phases of deploying new food products into the marketplace.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Introduction to food product development. 10.00
2. The ideation stage of new food product development 10.00
3. Market research 20.00
4. Defining new food product parameters 20.00
5. Assembling new food products 30.00
6. New food product deployment 10.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Mary D. Earle and Richard L. Earle 2001, Creating New Foods: The Product Developer's Guide - the Web Edition,
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Richard and Mary Earle, and Allan Anderson 2017, Food Product Development - the Web Edition,
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Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Report No 30 1,2,3
Assignments Written Quiz No 30 1,2,3,4,5
Assignments Oral Presentation (ind, grp, mltmd) No 10 4,5
Assignments Written Research (project) No 30 4,5
Date printed 10 February 2023