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FST-4504: Food Chemistry

Description: Overview of the chemical and functional properties of food components including major (water, proteins, carbohydrates, enzymes and lipids) and minor (vitamins, minerals, flavors, pigments) constituents; chemical, biochemical reactions and physical phenomena occuring during food handling, processing, and storage; their impact on the nutritional and sensorial quality of food.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.12 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.81%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.34%

Yun Yin202443.5%37.3%14.9%2.0%0.0%2.3%3.255
Fraguas Cristina Fernandez201924.3%32.4%18.9%10.9%10.8%2.7%2.461

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W