NUTR 217. Application: Food Fundamentals.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Nutrition, chemical and physical properties of food and complex food mixtures. Role of culture, food policy and environmental sustainability on food choices, procurement and preparation. Knowledge of ingredients, preservation, storage, packaging of food. Culturally diverse foods and food habits. Controlling chemical changes during preparation of food to obtain palatable, nutritious and safe food.
- Winter
- One 3-hour lecture and one 4-hour lab
- Prerequisite: NUTR 214 and NUTR 207
- Restriction(s): Enrolment restricted to Dietetics major or permission of instructor.
- The course NUTR 217 includes a $200.00 fee for the laboratory supplies including food ingredients and required prepared text for the course. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period.