Nutrients and bioresources

After completing the course, students are expected to have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

• The main nutrients; structure; classification and properties, relevant feed analyses; procedures and assessments to digest and absorb them.
• Have knowledge of different sources of nutrients in by-products / side streams from soil, forest, and aquaculture.
• Have knowledge of feed norms and insight into livestock’s requirements for nutrients and feed
• Have a basic knowledge on the nutrients' production and sustainable utilization of side by-products.
• Have a basic knowledge on consequences of high and low intake of macro- and micronutrients with the opportunities to optimize the dietary requirement using feedstock blending and industrial process conditions.

Skills

• Identify relevant resources from agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture for feed and manufacturing by-products.
• Compare and consider the quality of a variety of dietary supplements.
• Evaluate the nutrients and distribution of energy in a diet and other industrial by-products.

General competence

• Assess the bio-raw materials that are relevant for processing into food, animal and aquaculture feed and other value-added products from manufacturing.
• Communicate about key micro- and macronutrients and relevant processes of food manufacturing to the broad range of fellow students and stakeholders.
• Contribute to new thinking about nutrient rich and healthy food research.