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How is Food Made? Understanding Processed Food

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  • The history of food processing – why it emerged and why it is important
  • Examples of the major traditional and more advanced food processing technologies and the products they affect
  • Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of specific food processing technologies, their impact on health, safety, quality and sustainability
  • How EU law keeps the consumer safe and healthy and food on the supermarket shelves
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Starts Dec 13 (228 weeks ago)
Cost $59
From DIL, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Food via FutureLearn
Instructors Richard Frazier (Educator), Emma Bennett, Anna-Sophie Stübler, Camila Massri, Milena Zdravkovic
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Subjects Engineering
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Processing Agent $42k

Supervisor Processing $51k

Food Scientist (Food Solutions) $53k

Mortgage Processing $57k

Underwriting / Processing $58k

Food $62k

Specimen processing $64k

Processing Y & E Analyst $66k

Engineer Processing $73k

Payment Processing $77k

Transaction Processing $78k

Processing Programmer $107k

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Rating Not enough ratings
Length 4 weeks
Effort 3 hours per week
Starts Dec 13 (228 weeks ago)
Cost $59
From DIL, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Food via FutureLearn
Instructors Richard Frazier (Educator), Emma Bennett, Anna-Sophie Stübler, Camila Massri, Milena Zdravkovic
Download Videos Only via web browser
Language English
Subjects Engineering
Tags Science, Engineering & Maths

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