Food Product Design and Development

Catalog description

This capstone course applies the knowledge and skills acquired in major prerequisite courses. Students strengthen their laboratory skills working in teams, designing and developing a food product from concept through optimization. This course is taught within a kitchen that simulates the environment of a product development laboratory. Students complete sensory tests, accelerated shelf-life tests, competitive analyses and performance tests on products, as required. Students design and create product packaging labels that align with current food regulations. Additionally, students use spreadsheets to create formulas and generate costing information. At the completion of the course, students present their concepts, optimized products, packaging label and project reports to the university community.