To give the students competences in the part of food product
development, which is concerned with food product design and the
food product technology associated with that. This would typically
be the tasks that product developers would be assigned in a product
development laboratory in the food industry.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Analyse a complex task assignment and plan its completion and
deliverables.
Develop and design a plausible product concept, including
relevant alternatives.
Describe advantages and disadvantages of relevant packaging
materials and packaging design in relation to transport, storage
and sales.
Investigate and acquire relevant business and market
information, including the end-user (consumer).
Calculate variable and fixed costs associated with a new
product.
Identify important technological challenges and suggest
solutions.
Identify suitable analytical procedures for production
control.
Demonstrate and report overview and in-depth solutions to the
task assignment with respect to both technological and commercial
challenges.
Kursusindhold:
The course is carried out as group work in teams of 3 students
(optional 2 or 4 students). Each team will work on a specific
development task, partly of own choice. The overall conditions for
the product are defined from the beginning by the team of teachers,
representing the different competences in an industry (marketing,
product development laboratory, and production). The task is to
develop a food product concept with variations. The course will
focus on market analyses, formulation of recipes, technological
challenges during development and production, and selection of
suitable packaging and distribution technology. The production
process must be drafted, and cost calculations are demanded.
Litteraturhenvisninger:
A.R. Linnemann, C.G.P.H. Schroën and M.A.J.S. van Boekel (2011)
”Food product design. An integrated approach.” 2nd Ed. Wageningen
Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Mulighed for GRØN DYST deltagelse:
Dette kursus giver den studerende en mulighed for at lave eller
forberede et projekt som kan deltage i DTUs studenterkonference om
bæredygtighed, klimateknologi og miljø (GRØN DYST). Se mere på
http://www.groendyst.dtu.dk
