MVI387 Milkbased Ingredients
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Anne-Grethe Johansen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk, norsk
Limits of class size:20
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload: Lectures 18 hours, 2 hours demonstration/practical. Self study, journal writing and exam (litterature essay) 105 hours. Total work load 125 hours.
Teaching and exam period:Spring parallell
About this course
The course is only held provided enough available resources.
Processing and application of byproducts from the dairy industry. Typical byproducts from the dairy industry may be whey, buttermilk, permeate from filtration, waste milk, product waste.
Tailormade ingredients.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
The students will gain knowledge about milkbased ingredients in relation to their application in various products is a central goal in the course. The students shall gain good theoretical knowledge of the various processing steps and processing lines for the manufacturing of milkbased ingredients.
Skills
On the basis of theoretical and practical experience, partly gained through exercises and experiments in the pilot plant for food manufacturing, the students shall understand the manufacturing processes of milkbased ingredients and factors affecting the quality properties of the products.
General competence
The course emphasises the conveyance of attitudes related to the importance of and possible uses for a food raw material such as milk, in that as much as possible of its components are used as food, in agreement with the Sustainable Development Goals towards 2030 from UN. In particular, goal nr. 12; Responsible Consumption and Production, and nr. 2; Zero Hunger.
Lectures
Practical assignments
Litterature study
Presence and accesibility during office hours, via e-mail (
anne-grethe.johansen@nmbu.no ) and Canvas.Reviews of laboratory journals and excercises.
- Knowledge of milk as a raw material and milk processing equivalent to MVI273.
- Knowledge of food chemistry equivalent to KJB210 / MVI202.
- Knowledge of the production of major dairy products equivalent to MVI383A Dairy technology
MVI385 Product development
MVI361 Unit Operations and Measurement Methods
- Written essay on a given topic, followed by an oral presentation (100%)
Assignment Grading: Letter grades - An external examiner evaluates the written assignment and the oral presentation.
- Practical/demonstration.
- If less than 5 students, the course will be cancelled.
- Weekly lectures of 2h each. No lectures in the weeks when litterature essay is given. One 2h demonstration/practical will be given during the semester. Lectures will be given by teachers at the faculty, and external teachers from the industry.
- M-MATVIT
- Special requirements in Science.