The main food ingredients, food processing techniques, and product shelf life (including microbiology, quality changes and sensory evaluation) will be covered. Finally, understand how to make it legal – a brief guide to what needs to go on the label.Run by Leatherhead experts, all of whom have many years' experience in the food industry, this course will help you to understand the technical issues faced within your food business, and understand how your role fits within the whole food manufacturing process.Real products will be used throughout the course to understand how they differ in terms of their ingredients, texture, processing, shelf life etc. The processing section will take place in our pilot plant, to really bring the explanations to life. The course is very interactive, with lots of examples, tastings and delegate interaction. From this course you willLearn about the ingredients and additives used in food, what to use where, and whyLearn about food processing in a real pilot plant environmentUnderstand the science behind making food safe and stable during shelf lifeTest out your sensory skills and understand the importance of this science in NPDGet an insight into what your need to put on your food label and how to get the dataSee and taste the products used to demonstrate the key aspects of the day