Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nutritious and Healthy Food Design
Course Code: ZST524
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Giving information about ingredients, formulations, technologies and food structures used to develop nutritious and healthy foods.

Course Content

Explaining the issues related to the development and production of nutritious and healthy foods. Examination of formulations, modifications and technological features and new technologies that are important in producing foods as part of a diet containing less energy, less simple sugar, less salt, more complex carbohydrates.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding the restructuring of the physical structures of foods in order to ensure better settlement of bioactive compounds in the food matrix.
2.Understanding the basis and importance of food on the relationship between nutrition and health
3.Understanding technologies that better place bioactive compounds in the food matrix and increase their bioavailability
4.Understanding the formulation of bioactive compounds into the food matrix
5.Defining the composition of food as part of a healthy and nutritious diet
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Zampolo, F. , A Food Design Thinking method for idea generation, Paperback, 2017
2.Guixe, M., Food Designing, Corraini, 2010
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Meeting and course introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Relationship between health and nutrition
Week 3 - Theoretical
Negatives and positives of foods
Week 4 - Theoretical
Healthy food ingredients
Week 5 - Theoretical
Fortified foods
Week 6 - Theoretical
Healthy drinks
Week 7 - Theoretical
Healthy drinks
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Healthy foods
Week 10 - Theoretical
Healthy foods
Week 11 - Theoretical
Diet products
Week 12 - Theoretical
Special nutritional products
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ideas for product development
Week 14 - Theoretical
Market research
Week 15 - Theoretical
Quality control and legislation
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Term Assignment1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment45228
Term Project18210
Individual Work45228
Final Examination1224
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)154
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
5
3
5
4
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026