Alimentos Funcionales para la Industria Alimenticia - Austin Peay State University
Culinary and Hospitality

Alimentos Funcionales para la Industria Alimenticia

8 Hours
Beginner
Spanish

The emerging science of functional foods is an exciting field for dietitians, nutritionists, and entrepreneurs as the global consciousness of health reaches new heights. In this course on Functional Food for the Food Industry, we will discuss the definition of natural and artificial functional foods, their benefits, and their growing importance in the global marketplace. Students will learn how functional foods can be used to reduce the risk of disease and be easily integrated into an everyday diet. Students will also learn about the issues and challenges facing the development, testing, regulations, and marketing of functional foods.

This course will provide professionals in the food and nutrition industry with cutting-edge research on functional foods and their effects on chronic diseases in order to pass this information onto their clients or patients.

Overall, this course will provide participants with the necessary tools and information to develop innovative products or services in the food industry by considering all of the following aspects: their target market’s legislation, product development, safety, efficiency, and market responsiveness.

Take your career in functional food to the next level and start making a difference today.

Outline:
1. Functional Foods and Worldwide Trends
2. Milk and drinks with Phytosterols and Omega 3
3. Probiotic Cheese and Dairy Products with Reduced Lactose: Global Consumption, Worldwide Growth, Nutrition, and Benefits
4. Cardiovascular Health: Main Causes of Mortality and a Nutritional Approach
5. Phytosterols: Definition, Mechanisms of Action, Technological Application, Efficiencies, Health Effects, and Regulations (European and Argentinean)
6. Omega 3: Definition, Classifications, Origin of Fatty Acids, Metabolization, Technological Application, Health Effects, Consumption, and Commercialization
7. Use of Dairy Products and Effects in UHT milk
8. Functional Foods: Definition, Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Symbiotics
9. Probiotic Foods, Intestinal Microflora, and Animal Testing
10. Intestinal Microflora: Definition, Probiotics, Lactobacilli in Breast Milk, Isolates of Bifidobacteria, and Technological Application
11. Probiotics for Humans, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacilli, and Strains

Audience: Anyone who is interested in the subject described and requires that the program or course is not in English.

The following was here before the update and is left for future reference:
Objetivos: Proporcionar a los participantes las herramientas para desarrollar un producto o servicio innovador para ingresar en el mercado teniendo en cuenta: la legislación, el desarrollo de productos, la seguridad, la eficacia y la capacidad de respuesta del mercado.

“- Alimentos funcionales – Tendencia a nivel mundial.
– Leche y bebidas con Fitoesteroles y Omega 3
– Queso probióticos y lácteos reducidos en lactosa, tendencias y crecimientos en el mundo, consumo a nivel global, nutrición y beneficios. Microtendencias.
– Salud Cardiovascular: Principales causas de mortalidad en el mundo y abordaje nutricional de la misma.
– Fitoesteroles: Definiciones, mecanismos de acción, aspectos tecnológicos y eficiencias. Efectos en la salud por consumo de fitoesteroles. Normativas argentinas y europeas.
– Omega 3: Definiciones, clasificaciones, donde se encuentran los ácidos grasos, como se metabolizan y cuales son los aspectos tecnológicos. Efectos para la salud. Consumos a nivel mundial. Comercialización.
– Utilización en productos lácteos y efectos en leches UHT.
– Alimentos funcionales: Definiciones, probióticos, prebióticos y simbióticos.
– Alimentos probióticos, microflora intestinal. Prueba en animales.
– Microflora intestinal: definiciones, probióticos, lactobacilos en la leche materna. Aislamientos de bifidobacterias. Aptitud tecnológica.
– Probióticos para humanos, bifidobacterium, lactobacilos y cepas.”

1. Alimentos funcionales y tendencias mundiales.

2. Leche y bebidas con fitoesteroles y omega 3.

3. Queso probiótico y productos lácteos con lactosa reducida: consumo global, crecimiento mundial, nutrición y beneficios

4. Salud cardiovascular: principales causas de mortalidad y un enfoque nutricional

5. Fitosteroles: Definición, Mecanismos de Acción, Aplicación Tecnológica, Eficiencias, Efectos en la Salud y Regulaciones (europeas y argentinas).

6. Omega 3: definición, clasificaciones, origen de los ácidos grasos, metabolización, aplicación tecnológica, efectos en la salud, consumo y comercialización.

7. Uso de productos lácteos y efectos en la leche UHT

8. Alimentos funcionales: definición, probióticos, prebióticos y simbióticos

9. Alimentos probióticos, microflora intestinal y pruebas en animales

10. Microflora intestinal: definición, probióticos, lactobacilos en la leche materna, aislados de bifidobacterias y aplicación tecnológica

11. Probióticos para humanos, bifidobacterias, lactobacilos y cepas

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The emerging science of functional foods is an exciting field for dietitians, nutritionists, and entrepreneurs as the global consciousness of health reaches new heights. In this course on Functional Food for the Food Industry, we will discuss the definition of natural and artificial functional foods, their benefits, and their growing importance in the global marketplace. Students will learn how functional foods can be used to reduce the risk of disease and be easily integrated into an everyday diet. Students will also learn about the issues and challenges facing the development, testing, regulations, and marketing of functional foods.

This course will provide professionals in the food and nutrition industry with cutting-edge research on functional foods and their effects on chronic diseases in order to pass this information onto their clients or patients.

Overall, this course will provide participants with the necessary tools and information to develop innovative products or services in the food industry by considering all of the following aspects: their target market’s legislation, product development, safety, efficiency, and market responsiveness.

Take your career in functional food to the next level and start making a difference today.

Outline:
1. Functional Foods and Worldwide Trends
2. Milk and drinks with Phytosterols and Omega 3
3. Probiotic Cheese and Dairy Products with Reduced Lactose: Global Consumption, Worldwide Growth, Nutrition, and Benefits
4. Cardiovascular Health: Main Causes of Mortality and a Nutritional Approach
5. Phytosterols: Definition, Mechanisms of Action, Technological Application, Efficiencies, Health Effects, and Regulations (European and Argentinean)
6. Omega 3: Definition, Classifications, Origin of Fatty Acids, Metabolization, Technological Application, Health Effects, Consumption, and Commercialization
7. Use of Dairy Products and Effects in UHT milk
8. Functional Foods: Definition, Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Symbiotics
9. Probiotic Foods, Intestinal Microflora, and Animal Testing
10. Intestinal Microflora: Definition, Probiotics, Lactobacilli in Breast Milk, Isolates of Bifidobacteria, and Technological Application
11. Probiotics for Humans, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacilli, and Strains

Audience: Anyone who is interested in the subject described and requires that the program or course is not in English.

The following was here before the update and is left for future reference:
Objetivos: Proporcionar a los participantes las herramientas para desarrollar un producto o servicio innovador para ingresar en el mercado teniendo en cuenta: la legislación, el desarrollo de productos, la seguridad, la eficacia y la capacidad de respuesta del mercado.

“- Alimentos funcionales – Tendencia a nivel mundial.
– Leche y bebidas con Fitoesteroles y Omega 3
– Queso probióticos y lácteos reducidos en lactosa, tendencias y crecimientos en el mundo, consumo a nivel global, nutrición y beneficios. Microtendencias.
– Salud Cardiovascular: Principales causas de mortalidad en el mundo y abordaje nutricional de la misma.
– Fitoesteroles: Definiciones, mecanismos de acción, aspectos tecnológicos y eficiencias. Efectos en la salud por consumo de fitoesteroles. Normativas argentinas y europeas.
– Omega 3: Definiciones, clasificaciones, donde se encuentran los ácidos grasos, como se metabolizan y cuales son los aspectos tecnológicos. Efectos para la salud. Consumos a nivel mundial. Comercialización.
– Utilización en productos lácteos y efectos en leches UHT.
– Alimentos funcionales: Definiciones, probióticos, prebióticos y simbióticos.
– Alimentos probióticos, microflora intestinal. Prueba en animales.
– Microflora intestinal: definiciones, probióticos, lactobacilos en la leche materna. Aislamientos de bifidobacterias. Aptitud tecnológica.
– Probióticos para humanos, bifidobacterium, lactobacilos y cepas.”

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