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Introduction to the Program
Con esta Postgraduate diploma 100% online y flexible podrás estar al día de las novedades en el Functional Food Design”
Lácteos enriquecidos con vitaminas, minerales, omega3 o los probióticos que buscan generar efectos positivos en la flora intestinal son algunos de los alimentos funcionales que actualmente se puede encontrar con mayor asiduidad en el mercado. Las evidencias científicas que respaldan los beneficios de estos componentes han obtenido el respaldo no solo de la Industria Alimentaria, si no del propio consumidor, que reclama cada vez más productos que generen beneficios para su salud.
En este sentido, el sector en coordinación con otras disciplinas promueve el diseño de este tipo de alimentos, que ya forman parte de la dieta diaria de las personas. Una tendencia global, que ha crecido desde la década de los 80 y que se encuentra hoy en día en auge. Es por ello, por lo que TECH ha decidido crear esta Postgraduate diploma en Functional Food Design, dirigido principalmente al profesional de la Nutrición, que busca actualizar sus conocimientos en este campo.
Así, esta institución ofrece un programa donde, en tan solo 6 meses, el especialista podrá profundizar en las innovaciones realizadas desde la tecnología alimentaria o en la adaptación nutricional a personas que padecen enfermedades cardiacas, del aparato digestivo o sufren trastornos del consumo de alimentos. Además, los vídeo resúmenes de cada tema, los vídeos en detalle o las simulaciones de casos de estudio le acercarán a la dieta más adecuada en embarazadas, lactantes o adolescentes.
De esta forma, esta institución académica ofrece al profesional la opción de cursar una titulación universitaria cómodamente, cuando y donde desee. Tan solo necesita de un dispositivo electrónico (Ordenador, Tablet o móvil) con conexión a internet para poder acceder en cualquier momento al contenido alojado en la plataforma virtual. Asimismo, el sistema Relearning le permitirá reducir las largas horas de estudio tan frecuentes en otras metodologías. Una opción académica ideal, además, para quienes deseen compatibilizar sus responsabilidades profesionales y personales con una Postgraduate diploma.
Una titulación universitaria, cuyo material didáctico, te permitirá ahondar en las últimas técnicas culinarias”
Esta Postgraduate diploma en Functional Food Design contiene el programa educativo más completo y actualizado del mercado. Sus características más destacadas son:
- El desarrollo de casos prácticos presentados por expertos en Tecnología de Alimentos
- Los contenidos gráficos, esquemáticos y eminentemente prácticos con los que está concebido recogen una información científica y práctica sobre aquellas disciplinas indispensables para el ejercicio profesional
- Los ejercicios prácticos donde realizar el proceso de autoevaluación para mejorar el aprendizaje
- Su especial hincapié en metodologías innovadoras
- Las lecciones teóricas, preguntas al experto, foros de discusión de temas controvertidos y trabajos de reflexión individual
- La disponibilidad de acceso a los contenidos desde cualquier dispositivo fijo o portátil con conexión a internet
Los casos de estudio de este programa te acercarán a la relevancia de los cálculos de los tratamientos térmicos en la industria conservera”
El programa incluye, en su cuadro docente, a profesionales del sector que vierten en esta capacitación la experiencia de su trabajo, además de reconocidos especialistas de sociedades de referencia y universidades de prestigio.
Su contenido multimedia, elaborado con la última tecnología educativa, permitirá al profesional un aprendizaje situado y contextual, es decir, un entorno simulado que proporcionará una capacitación inmersiva programada para entrenarse ante situaciones reales.
El diseño de este programa se centra en el Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas, mediante el cual el profesional deberá tratar de resolver las distintas situaciones de práctica profesional que se le planteen a lo largo del curso académico. Para ello, contará con la ayuda de un novedoso sistema de vídeo interactivo realizado por reconocidos expertos.
Gracias a esta Postgraduate diploma estarás al día en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos"
Una opción académica que te guiará durante 6 meses por los progresos en el diseño de alimentos y su uso diario en embarazadas, lactantes o adolescentes"
Syllabus
The syllabus of this Postgraduate diplomahas taken into account the most recent information and scientific studies on Functional Food Design. Thus, students will learn about advances in product alteration processes, packaging, the latest culinary techniques and their application in nutritional plans. Likewise, the case studies provided by the specialists in this program will bring you closer to the reality of the sector, and you will be able to include these techniques in your daily work.
An innovative multimedia content that will bring you closer to the latest information on the use of functional foods in specific diets for patients with cardiac pathologies”
Module 1. Food Technology I
1.1. Introduction to Food Science and Technology
1.1.1. Historical Development
1.1.2. Concept of Food Science and Technology
1.1.3. Objectives of Food Technology. Relationships With Other Sciences
1.1.4. Worldwide Food Industries
1.2. Preparation Methods Including Dry and Wet Preparation and Peeling
1.2.1. Reception of food in the food industry and preparation of the raw material raw material
1.2.2. Cleaning: Dry and wet Methods
1.2.3. Selection and Classification
1.2.4. Main hair Methods
1.2.5. Peeling Equipment
1.3. Downsizing and Upsizing
1.3.1. General Objectives
1.3.2. Dry Food Size Reduction Equipment and applications
1.3.3. Fibrous Food Size Reduction Equipment and applications
1.3.4. Effect on Foods
1.3.5. Size Reduction of Liquid Foodstuffs: Homogenization and Atomization
1.3.5.1. Equipment and applications
1.3.6. Enlargement techniques: Enlargement: Agglomeration, Instantaneous Agglomeration or Granulation
1.4. Causes and Factors Involved in Food Spoilage
1.4.1. Description of the Causes of Food Spoilage
1.4.2. Factors Involved in Food Spoilage
1.4.3. Actions to Combat Physical and Chemical Spoilage
1.4.4. Possible Actions to Prevent or Delay Microbial Activity
1.5. Blanching processing
1.5.1. General Aspects. Objectives
1.5.2. Blanching Methods: Steam, Hot Water and other Methods
1.5.3. Evaluation of Blanching in Fruits and Vegetables
1.5.4. Equipment Facilities
1.5.5. Effects on the Nutritional and Sensory Properties of Foods
1.6. Fundamentals of thermobacteriology
1.6.1. Basis of Thermobacteriology
1.6.2. Kinetics of Microbial Destruction by Heat
1.6.3. Survival Graph Value Concept D. Thermal Destruction Graphs
1.6.4. Z-value: Concept of Commercial Sterility
1.6.5. F and Fo Values Practical Examples of Heat Treatment Calculations in the Canning Industry
1.7. Pasterization
1.7.1. Concepts and Objectives
1.7.2. Types of Pasteurization Applications in the Food Industry
1.7.3. Effect on Foods
1.7.3.1. Milk Pasteurization: Lactoperoxidase Test
1.8. Sterilization
1.8.1. Objectives
1.8.2. Sterilization of packaged foods
1.8.3. Filling, evacuation and container closing operations
1.8.4. Types of Sterilizers: Discontinuous and Continuous UHT Treatment
1.8.5. Effect on Foods
1.9. Microwave heating
1.9.1. General aspects of electromagnetic radiations
1.9.2. Microwave characteristics
1.9.3. Dielectric properties of the material
1.9.4. Conversion of Microwave Energy into Heat Equipment Applications
1.9.5. Effect on Foods
1.10. Infrared Radiation
1.10.1. Theoretical aspects
1.10.2. Equipment and Facilities Applications
1.10.3. Others Non-Ionizing Radiation
Module 2. Nutrition and dietetics
2.1. Techniques to determine nutritional status
2.1.1. Individual assessment. Medical, social and dietary history
2.1.2. Methods for determining body composition (Densitometry, anthropometry, isotopes, urinary creatinine)
2.1.3. Examination of the individual's physical appearance
2.1.4. Biochemical Tests
2.2. Assessment of nutritional status in collectivities
2.2.1. Nutritional epidemiology
2.2.1.1. Types of food surveys
2.2.1.2. Forms of survey management
2.2.2. Evaluation of family consumption and evaluation of individual consumption
2.3. Nutrition during pregnancy
2.3.1. Physiological changes during pregnancy
2.3.2. Nutritional Requirements (Energy, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Vitamins, Minerals)
2.3.3. Physiological basis of the lactation process
2.3.4. Pathophysiology during Pregnancy and breastfeeding
2.4. Infant Nutrition
2.4.1. Infant Physiology
2.4.2. Nutritional Requirements (Energy, Proteins, Lipids, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals)
2.4.3. Infant Feeding Guidelines and Breastfeeding
2.4.3.1. Composition of Breast Milk
2.4.3.2. Artificial Breastfeeding
2.4.3.3. Beikost
2.5. Nutrition in Childhood
2.5.1. General Characteristics
2.5.2. Nutritional Requirements
2.5.2.1. Age in kindergarten
2.5.2.2. School Age
2.5.2.3. Determining factors and associated problems
2.6. Nutrition in adolescence and old age
2.6.1. Anatomical-physiological characteristics in adolescence
2.6.2. Adolescent Eating Habits
2.6.3. Growth and Development
2.6.4. Nutritional problems in adolescence
2.6.5. Physiological changes in old age
2.6.6. Recommended intakes and associated pharmacology
2.7. Weight control and food consumption disorders
2.7.1. Body weight components and associated regional distribution
2.7.2. Adipose tissue development and body weight regulation
2.7.3. Obesity: prevalence, distribution, classification, causes and treatment treatment
2.7.4. Food consumption disorders
2.8. Diet in obesity, anorexia and bulimia
2.8.1. Obesity treatment or management and dietary modifications
2.8.2. Low-calorie and maintenance diet
2.8.3. Exercise and medications
2.8.4. Types and causes of anorexia
2.8.5. Treatment and diagnosis
2.8.6. Treatment and diagnosis of bulimia
2.9. Nutrition in cardiovascular disease and hypertension
2.9.1. Introduction: prevalence and mortality
2.9.1.1. Pathophysiology and risk factors for cardiovascular disease
2.9.1.2. Relationship of dietary factors to serum lipids
2.9.1.3. Preventive measures for cardiovascular disease
2.9.1.4. Treatment and associated diet therapy
2.9.2. Concept and pathophysiology of hypertension
2.9.3. Factors related to diet and treatment
2.9.4. Sodium-controlled diets
2.10. Diet in diseases of the digestive system
2.10.1. Gastroesophageal Reflux
2.10.2.1. Etiology and Pathophysiology
2.10.2.2. Nutritional Treatment
2.10.2. Acid Peptic Disease
2.10.2.1. Nutritional Treatment
2.10.3. Diarrhea and types
2.10.3.1. Treatment of acute diarrhea and chronic diarrhea
2.10.4. Treatment of constipation
Module 3. Food Technology I
3.1. Technology of Refrigeration
3.1.1. Fundamentals of Preservation via Refrigeration
3.1.2. Effect of Refrigeration on the Chemical Reaction Rate and on Microbial Growth
3.1.3. Factors to be Monitored During Refrigerated Storage Effect on Foods
3.2. Freezing Technology
3.2.1. Process and Stages of Freezing: Theory of Crystallization
3.2.2. Freezing Curves Modification of Foods During Freezing
3.2.3. Effects on Chemical and Biochemical Reactions
3.2.4. Effects on Microorganisms Defrosting
3.3. Cold Production Systems
3.3.1. Calculating Refrigeration and Freezing Requirements
3.3.2. Calculation of Freezing Time Cold Production Systems
3.3.3. Refrigerators and Refrigerated Storage
3.3.4. Freezers and Frozen Storage
3.3.5. Vapor Compression and Cryogenic Systems
3.4. Dehydration Technology
3.4.1. Concept, Goals and Foundation
3.4.2. Psychrometry and Applications of the Psychrometric Diagram
3.4.3. Drying Speed. Drying Phases and Curves
3.4.4. Effects of Dehydration on Foodstuffs
3.4.5. Equipment, Installations and Applications
3.5. Freeze-Drying and Concentration Freezing
3.5.1. Theoretical Fundamentals Freeze-drying systems
3.5.2. Applications. Effect on Foods
3.5.3. Freezing Concentration: Fundamentals and Objectives
3.6. Reduction of Water Activity in Food Via the Addition of Solutes
3.6.1. Main Water Activity Reducing Agents and How They Act
3.6.2. Salting Technology: Salting Methods, Effects on Foodstuffs
3.6.3. Addition of Sugars and Other Chemical Agents as Depressants of Water Activity
3.6.4. Effect on Foods
3.7. Smoking technology
3.7.1. Definition and Composition of Smoke Smoke Production Systems
3.7.2. Smokehouse Characteristics Smoking techniques
3.7.3. Effect on Foods
3.7.4. Applications in the Food Industry
3.8. Packaging technology
3.8.1. Packaging purposes
3.8.2. Packaging design and materials for their manufacture
3.8.3. Analysis of the Interactions Between Packaging and Food Packaging and dosing systems
3.8.4. Container Closure and Closure Control Checks Packaging for distribution
3.8.5. Container Labeling
3.9. Material Transport Systems
3.9.1. Material Transport Systems. Transporters
3.9.2. Pneumatic Equipment Cranes and vehicles
3.9.3. Temperature Regulated Food Transportation
3.10. Industrial kitchen processing and preparation industries
3.10.1. Concepts and Objectives of Culinary Science and Technology The professional culinary space
3.10.2. Culinary Techniques
With this Postgraduate diploma you will be up to date with the latest equipment used in the food industry to carry out dehydration”
Postgraduate Diploma in Functional Food Design
Functional food design focuses on creating foods that provide specific health benefits beyond basic nutrition. These foods may contain active ingredients that help prevent chronic diseases, improve digestion and strengthen the immune system, among others. Under this premise, TECH Global University presents its Postgraduate Diploma in Functional Food Design, a detailed look at the most relevant and updated aspects that take place in this field. Here, we propose an entirely virtual tour through various modules ranging from the fundamentals of food science, chemistry of active ingredients and food design techniques, to food chemistry, nutrition, metabolism, food technology and food microbiology. In this way, you will master creating foods that enhance health and wellness.
Specialize in functional food design
Did you know that functional food design can help prevent chronic diseases and improve the quality of life of individuals? By enrolling with this TECH program, you will get the latest educational tools, which will turn you into a high-level specialist. Here, we have the best online methodology, through which you will be able to combine your learning with other personal or work activities. In addition, we subject academic excellence to the current corporate approach, therefore, you will have at your fingertips an unbeatable offer, at the reach of a click. As you progress through the program, you will study specific topics in functional food design, including the use of probiotics or prebiotics, omega-3 fatty acids, and polyphenols and other antioxidants. You will also master the fundamentals of food science, active ingredient chemistry and design techniques. Want to learn more? Make the decision and enroll now.