Food Fundamentals For Business
The Food Fundamentals for Business course by Woods & Co Education provides students with the basic principles of food, cooking and the legal side of food. Whether you are starting a food business or managing one, understanding the fundamentals of food is essential for success.
The course covers topics such as:
• Food preparation
• Including the cooking of fruit and vegetables
• Cereals and starches, meat, fish, and dairy products
• Fats, sugars and flavour food
• Food planning on both small and large scales
• Nature of the food processing industry
• The role of nutrition in product development
• Chemical and thermal food processing
• Managing health claims
• Developing new food products
• Packaging and labelling
• Legal, policy and management considerations
By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation to understand and operate within the food industry.
- Study this course from $25 per week on a flexible payment plan.
- Study 100% online from anywhere in Australia.
- Self-paced study & 24/7 access to the course allow you to study anytime, anywhere, at a pace that fits your schedule until completion.
- Course tutor to help you every step of the way and answer any questions you have.
- A Certificate of completion and a statement of attainment upon completion of your course.
- Introduction
- Fruit and vegetables
- Cereals & starches; bread, cereals and potatoes
- Meat fish and alternatives
- Milk and dairy
- Fats and sugars
- Flavouring food
- Menu planning on a small scale
- Menu planning on a large scale
- Overview – Scope and nature of food processing industry
- The role of nutrition in new product development
- Chemical processing, preservatives, and additives
- Thermal food processing, pasteurisation and microwave cooking
- Managing health claims and other statements
- Developing New food products (including marketing)
- Packaging, labelling and storage
- Legal, policy and management
- Developing a new product – problem based learning (PBL) project
$2,990.00