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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: 12

Average GPA: 3.65 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 79.31%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Yun Yin202274.1%10.2%10.9%4.8%0.0%0.0%3.546
Fraguas Cristina Fernandez201976.6%10.6%5.0%0.0%7.8%0.0%3.442
Eldon K Hurley2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.002
Joell A Eifert202492.8%0.0%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.862

Grade Distribution Over Time

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