Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cereal Technology and Analyses
Course Code: KGK208
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable students to comprehend the basic technological processes and processing stages of cereals and cereal products, and to gain industrial quality control skills by learning the applied physical, chemical, and sensory analyses.

Course Content

The course covers the classification of cereals, wheat morphology, quality determination methods, flour production processes, and the evaluation of the physical, chemical, and sensory properties of these products. It also includes practical applications of quality control methods used in processed products such as bread, pasta, and biscuits.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Yeliz TEKGÜL BARUT
Learning Outcomes
1.The student can classify basic cereal types and describe the morphological structures of cereal grains.
2.The student applies sampling and pre-treatment procedures for cereal analysis.
3.The student can perform physical and chemical quality analyses of wheat in a laboratory setting.
4.The student can evaluate the quality criteria of bread and pasta products and conduct sensory analysi
5.The student can develop solutions to potential quality issues in flour production and processed cereal products.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Cemeroğlu, B. (2007). Food analyses (3rd ed.). Ankara: Bizim Büro Press.
2.Ünal, S. (2017). Quality analyses in cereals and cereal products (Ege University Faculty of Agriculture Publication No: 563). İzmir: Ege University Press.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Classification of cereals and grain morphology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Sampling, pre-treatment, and flour production
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of foreign matter content in wheat
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Physical quality properties of cereals: hectoliter weight, thousand kernel weight, grain hardness
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of flour yield in wheat
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of ash content in wheat
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of glutencontent in wheat
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of falling number in wheat
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Chemical analyses of wheat flour
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Chemical analyses of wheat flour
Week 11 - Theoretical
Introduction to bread production process and quality criteria
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Physical and chemical analyses in bread
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Sensory evaluation and quality parameters in bread
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Pasta quality analyses
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140114
Individual Work141014
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)70
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
3
5
OÇ-3
5
3
5
OÇ-4
5
3
5
5
OÇ-5
5
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026