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Food Analysis
Zahraa Kadhum 24 years 2nd semester
In my view, this is one of the most important programmes you can study.
Probably because we all need food and water to survive.
I think that it’s crucial to know exactly what we eat or drink.
And it is very crucial to know that whatever you are consuming meets current standards for both quality and nutrition.
Mads Monby 20 years 2nd semester
It’s awesome to think that you can go out and have an impact on everyone’s lives,
and that you can walk into a supermarket, look at a product and think back to the last lecture you attended.
“Oh, right. That’s why I shouldn’t buy this,” or “This is very good for me.”
It’s also very interesting.
Lars Bogø Jensen Head of Studies Food Analysis
This is a new Bachelor of Engineering programme called Food Analysis,
which was first offered by DTU in September 2011.
It’s based on the fact that Denmark is a major food-exporting country
and we want to ensure that the quality and nutritional value of the food products we export are good.
Because no one wants our food products to endanger consumers’ health.
The techniques and methods our students learn can also be applied in other sectors,
like the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
Maja Madsen DTU graduate (2010) Application Scientist, Centre of Excellence, Fruit CP Kelco ApS
We provide technical assistance to our pectin-purchasing customers.
This encompasses everything from the development of new types of marmalade
to difficulties involving their production or processing of our pectins.
Pectin is a hydrocolloid carbohydrate which binds water and is extracted from the rinds of citrus fruits.
We simply exploit the natural properties of the pectin contained in the fruit.
I think pectin is extremely interesting, but I guess you have to be a bit nerdy to think that!
We put theory into practise by working in the laboratories and getting hands-on experience often.
I think learning by doing is great.
We also have a one-semester traineeship that I’m looking forward to very much.
I think it’s terrific that there aren’t many students in this class, and that we work so closely together.
I’m also convinced that one of my fellow students will end up being a lifelong friend.
A year hasn’t even passed, and I already know it. So our class is very, very tight-knit.
Only three of us are guys, the rest girls. But we keep them firmly in their place!
Seriously, though, they’re very nice and it’s just like studying with other male students.
We get along very, very well - all of us.
I think I would like to work for the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
Because I’m fascinated by working with threshold values for various substances.
This ranges all the way from making enzymes at Danisco or working at Arla Foods and working on milk.
Personally, however, I hope to do analytical work at Novozymes. But I have to get my master’s degree first.
However, I might end my studies after my Bachelor of Engineering degree
and start working for a company engaged in quality assurance,
which to me is one of the most interesting areas of study at DTU.
There are many possibilities.