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FST-4534: Food Chemistry Lab

Description: Investigation of functional properties of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids in processed foods including effect of environmental conditions; solubility, foaming ability and textural properties of proteins, carbohydrate crystallization, ability of polysaccharides to form gels and pastes, lipid absorption and tenderization, characterization of a natural-occurring enzyme.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: FST-4504

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 31

Average GPA: 3.54 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 62.47%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Yun Yin202274.1%10.2%10.9%4.8%0.0%0.0%3.546
Eldon K Hurley202387.2%10.3%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.834
William N Eigel201461.6%25.0%7.6%3.1%2.7%0.0%3.3713
Fraguas Cristina Fernandez201977.3%12.6%6.6%0.0%3.4%0.0%3.586
Hengjian Wang2016100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.002

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