Food Biotechnology

Food biotechnology leverages genetic engineering and microbial processes to enhance the safety, nutritional value, and shelf life of food products. Its applications play a crucial role in addressing food security and sustainability challenges in the modern world.

Food Biotechnology

1 Introduction to Food Biotechnology

  1. Definition of Biotechnology
  2. Classification of Biotechnology
  3. Concept of Food Biotechnology
  4. Importance of Biotechnology in Food Safety
  5. Regulatory Aspects of Biotechnology of Foods
  6. Social Aspects of Biotechnology of Foods

2 Recombinant DNA Technology

  1. Basic Principle of Recombinant DNA Technology
  2. The Tools Used in Recombinant DNA Technology
  3. Application of Recombinant DNA Technology
  4. Isolation and Characterization of DNA Fragments
  5. Restriction Endonuclease
  6. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  7. Gel Electrophoresis
  8. Vector
  9. Ligation
  10. Introduction of Recombinant DNA into Host Cells
  11. Screening and Selection of Recombinant

3 Food Fermentation Technology

  1. Fermentation Methodology
  2. Primary Metabolites
  3. Secondary Metabolites
  4. Industrial Bioprocesses, Fermentation Processes, and its Operations
  5. Basic Designs of Bioreactors and Their Types
  6. Starter Cultures
  7. Strain Improvement

4 Applications of Food Fermentation Technology-1

  1. Process Developments in Fermentation for Food Applications
  2. Biochemical Process of Fermentation
  3. Fermentation Products
  4. Types of Fermentation
  5. Production of Alcoholic Beverages
  6. Microbial Biomass Production

5 Applications of Food Fermentation Technology-2

  1. Fermented dairy products
  2. Curd/Dahi
  3. Cheese
  4. Constituent of fermented dairy products
  5. Fermented vegetable-based foods
  6. Other traditional fermented foods
  7. Probiotics and their applications
  8. Successful probiotic microorganism
  9. Technological advances in probiotic-based food formulation
  10. Fermented food as a functional food

6 Biotechnology and Food Ingredients – I

  1. Introduction to biotechnology and food biotechnology
  2. Application of food biotechnology
  3. Biotechnological method for the production of natural flavors as organic acids
  4. Some of the flavor compounds produced by the use of microbes (Denovo synthesis)
  5. Production of natural flavors by enzymes
  6. Use of biotechnology for the development of fat-based products
  7. Sweeteners
  8. Vitamins
  9. Amino acids

7 Biotechnology and Food Ingredients – II

  1. Biogums
  2. Types of Biogums
  3. Functional properties of biogums
  4. Biogums production
  5. Different techniques to identify biogums
  6. Applications of biogums
  7. Biocolours
  8. Classification of biocolours
  9. Production of biocolours
  10. Challenges of biocolours
  11. Bioflavours
  12. Microbial Flavour Production Background
  13. Categorization of Bioflavour Productions Based on Source Microorganism
  14. Microbial flavour production
  15. Antimicrobial system
  16. Antimicrobial systems in Lactic Acid Bacteria

8 Food Applications of Enzymes

  1. Origin of Enzymes
  2. Structure of Enzymes
  3. Nomenclature and Classification of Enzymes
  4. Properties of Enzymes
  5. Mechanism of Action
  6. Amylase
  7. Protease
  8. Lipase
  9. Pectinase
  10. Cellulase
  11. Glucose Oxidase
  12. Immobilization of Enzymes

9 Application of Genetics to Food Production

  1. Genetically modified foods: How are they produced?
  2. Improvement of the food crops by genetic engineering
  3. Herbicide tolerance
  4. Pest resistance
  5. Cold tolerance
  6. Nutrition
  7. Edible vaccines
  8. Golden Rice
  9. Bt Brinjal
  10. FlavrSavr tomato
  11. Bt cotton
  12. Bt corn
  13. Genetically modified potato
  14. Roundup Ready Soybean
  15. Methods for making transgenic animals
  16. Application of transgenic animals for enhanced food production

10 Protein Engineering in Food Technology

  1. Approaches to protein engineering
  2. Mutagenesis
  3. Site directed mutagenesis
  4. Methods of site directed Mutagenesis
  5. Mutagenesis of Enzymes using Protein Engineering
  6. Methods of protein engineering to produce glucose isomerase
  7. Applications of protein engineering to produce glucose isomerase
  8. Methods of protein engineering to produce ฮฒ-Galactosidase
  9. Applications of protein engineering to produce Beta-Galactosidase
  10. Methods of protein engineering to produce peptide antibiotic nisin
  11. Applications of mutated nisin

11 Bioremediation – Strategies and Biotechnological Interventions in Food Waste Utilization

  1. Strategies to Minimise Food Waste
  2. Bioremediation
  3. Composting
  4. Fermentation
  5. Enzymes assisted Bioremediation of Food Waste
  6. Biotechnological Interventions in Food Waste Utilization
  7. Organic Acids
  8. Natural Flavours
  9. Heteropolysaccharides
  10. Enzymes
  11. Recombinant enzymes production through recombinant DNA technology
  12. Animal Feed
  13. Biofuel Production
  14. Nutraceuticals
  15. Singleโ€‘cell protein
  16. Bioplastics
  17. Biopolymers and Other Useful Substances

12 Biotechnology for Food Security and Safety

  1. Existing Problems in Food Security and Safety
  2. Prospects of Biotechnology to Resolve Problems
  3. Biotic and abiotic stress to plants
  4. Marker-assisted breeding
  5. Tissue culture
  6. Adopting ways for pest reduction in the agricultural field
  7. Increasing the nutritional values and preventing food loss using a gene-editing approach
  8. Providing suitable biotechnological interventions in the food supply chain
  9. Prospects of Biotech Foods
  10. General perception of biotech foods regarding trade
  11. Intellectual property rights (IPR) issues and biopiracy problems

13 GMOs and GM Food

  1. Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) or Genetic Modified Crop (GM Crop)
  2. GM Crops in Food Waste Management
  3. Production Process of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops
  4. Types of Genetic Modification Crops
  5. Advantage of GM Crops
  6. Challenges with GM Crops
  7. Ethical issues related to GM Food
  8. Regulatory issues