IMPFT117K Principles of rheological characteristics of food and drink

 

Overview

This standard is about the principles of rheological characteristics and the impact of the role of rheology in the food and drink products.

This standard applies to you if you are a technician, manager or consultant who has responsibility for monitoring and maintaining the rheology of food and drink products. It is expected that you will control and support others in respect to data collection and analysis.

 

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:

1 the definition of rheology

2 rheology and its importance within food and drink processing

3 the factors that influence the rheology of food and drink products

4 the importance of rheology to consumer acceptance

5 the methods used to assess the rheological characteristics of food and drink products

6 how raw material quality can influence the rheological characteristics of food and drink products

7 how processing activities influence the rheological characteristics of food and drink products

8 how rheological characteristics are incorporated into organisational food standards and specifications

9 what the characteristics of elasticity are

10 why elastic deformation is reversible

11 what the characteristics of plastic flow are

12 why plastic flow is non-reversible

13 what the characteristics of viscous flow are

14 how rheological characteristics of foods can be measured

15 the uses of texturometer, viscosimeter and jelmeter, shortometer and penetrometer

16 the uses of compressimeter and hand held pressure tester

 

Keywords Food; Drink; Rheological; Texturometer; Viscosimeter; Jelmeter;

Shortometer; Penetrometer; Technology