Information Package / Course Catalogue
Food Emulsions
Course Code: GMP604
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

This course introduces the latest technologies in food emulsion assessment for excellence in food product design and focuses on methods of emulsion characterization and investigation.

Course Content

This course covers the emulsion science in food industry, understanding and manipulation of bulk properties of emulsion systems, physicochemical and sensory properties of food emulsions, emulsion ingredients, biopolymers, emulsion stability and characterization of emulsion properties.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Aslı YORULMAZ
Learning Outcomes
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Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Emulsion science in food industry
Week 2 - Theoretical
Food emulsions and properties
Week 3 - Theoretical
Molecular interactions and conformation
Week 4 - Theoretical
Colloidal interactions
Week 5 - Theoretical
Emulsion ingredients
Week 6 - Theoretical
Biopolymers
Week 7 - Theoretical
Interfacial properties and their characterization
Week 8 - Theoretical
Emulsion formation
Week 9 - Theoretical
Emulsion stability (Energetics of Emulsion Stability, gravitational separation, flocculation)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Emulsion stability (Coalescence, Ostwald ripening, phase inversion)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Emulsion rheology
Week 12 - Theoretical
Emulsion appearance and flavor
Week 13 - Theoretical
Characterization of emulsion properties (Emulsifier efficiency)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Characterization of emulsion properties (Microstructure analysis and droplet size distribution)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%15
Final Examination1%60
Assignment1%10
Term Assignment1%15
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Assignment210326
Term Project120323
Midterm Examination127330
Final Examination120323
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
2
3
3
4
OÇ-2
3
2
3
3
4
OÇ-3
3
2
3
3
4
OÇ-4
3
2
3
3
4
OÇ-5
3
2
3
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026