[Face-to-face food majors] Introduction to the School of Light Industry and Food, Zhongkai University of Agriculture

Food professionals face to face

Food science is the scientific foundation and technical support of the food industry.

Overview of Zhongkai College of Agricultural Engineering

Zhongkai College of Agricultural Engineering is an undergraduate institution of higher learning in Guangdong Province that has a history of nearly a hundred years of running a school and has the right to grant a master's degree

The school currently has 62 undergraduate majors (including 10 national characteristic majors and 10 provincial characteristic majors), 9 first-level discipline master's degree disciplines, and 5 professional master's degree categories

The school currently has a post-doctoral research station, which independently recruits and trains post-doctoral students

Overview of the Institute of Light Industry and Food

The College of Light Industry and Food was established in 1987.

The college has more than 80 practical teaching bases and implements "dual tutor" teaching, forming a mechanism for school-enterprise collaborative training of talents; through the establishment of professional interest groups, creating a professional talent training model of "interest-oriented and innovation-driven"; using the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University The advantages of developed food technology and industries in the Bay Area have cultivated a large number of applied professionals and promoted regional economic development

The college has formed distinctive scientific research characteristics in Lingnan characteristic food processing, storage and transportation, and Cantonese traditional food processing, and has made great contributions to the rural revitalization of Guangdong Province and the regional economic development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

Subject development history

Professional presentation

Faculty

The college currently has 64 faculty members, 47 full-time teachers, 7 full-time experimental technicians, including 13 professors, 20 associate professors, 6 doctoral tutors, and 26 master tutors; 89 of them have doctoral degrees.

Discipline construction

In 1987, the agricultural product storage and processing major was established.

The food science and engineering discipline was founded in 1987.

After years of construction, the college now has one Lingnan Special Food Green Processing and Intelligent Manufacturing Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, one Guangdong Lingnan Special Food Science and Technology Key Laboratory (2021), and Guangdong Lingnan Special Food Processing Engineering Technology 4 provincial-level engineering technology research centers such as research centers, 2 engineering technology research centers of Guangdong universities, 1 Guangzhou Cantonese Traditional Food Processing and Safety Key Laboratory, 1 Sino-foreign Cooperation Laboratory of Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and 1 platform , Guangdong Provincial Department of Education 6 postgraduate joint training demonstration bases, signed with the college to build the first batch of 9 enterprises integrating production and education in Guangdong Province; established more than 80 industry-university-research bases, with a teaching and research laboratory area of ​​more than 6,100 square meters , More than 48 million yuan in instruments and equipment

Scientific research

Relying on the advantages of the Agricultural University, through the collaborative innovation and cooperative development of agricultural disciplines within the university, the comprehensive research of "from farmland to factory to table" and "effective processing to comprehensive utilization" of Guangdong agricultural products has been carried out, and a Cantonese traditional food has been formed.

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(1) Food Science

Taking Cantonese traditional food as the research object, it studies the scientific and technical issues of component structure changes, quality formation mechanism and regulation, flavor quality modification, function mining and action mechanism, etc.

(2) Agricultural products processing and storage engineering

Focusing on the scientific and technical issues of intelligent picking, processing, storage and transportation of Lingnan characteristic fruits, research on the key technologies of intelligent picking of agricultural products, green storage and fresh-keeping packaging, intelligent cold chain logistics and key technical issues (quality change and control) of intensive processing, etc.

(3) Food biotechnology

Focusing on scientific and technical issues in the processing of Lingnan characteristic fruits and vegetables and their fermented products, use modern biological technology products to intervene to improve their flavor, nutrition and functional characteristics, improve the quality of Lingnan characteristic fruits and vegetables, and promote Lingnan characteristic fruits and vegetables Innovation and upgrading of the food industry and enhancement of competitiveness; focusing on the scientific and technical issues in the processing of traditional food fermentation and brewing products such as Guangdong specialty wines and Cantonese fermented condiments, using modern biotechnology to analyze the evolution of such food flora , Flavor, nutrition and function formation mechanism, promote the innovation and upgrading of Cantonese traditional fermented food industry and enhance competitiveness; focus on the scientific and technical problems encountered in the processing of food and feed additives, using characteristic microorganisms to modify their raw materials, Improve the nutritional value of the product and the proportion of functional ingredients
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(4) Food safety

Focusing on research on food quality and safety and control, the development of traceability technologies for geographical indication agricultural products, aquatic and livestock products, etc.
, relying on the economic big data information system to establish a food authenticity identification and evaluation mechanism, focusing on the identification and regulation of typical pollutants and potential risk substances, Rapid detection and analysis confirmation technology, especially in South China's bulk livestock and poultry food safety regulation, electrochemical rapid detection of food contaminants, food quality and safety traceability technology based on stable isotope mass spectrometry, food digital safety management, etc.
have formed distinctive features.
In recent years To produce significant economic benefits in social production practices
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In the past five years, more than 30 graduate students have been trained, and they have won the Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award and the Guangdong Agricultural Technology Promotion Award
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Features

(1) Regional characteristics
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The subject is based on the development needs of the agricultural industry in Guangdong Province.
It takes Lingnan characteristic fruits and vegetables and southern unique poultry varieties as the research objects.
Research has laid a good technical foundation for the development of these characteristic industries
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(2) Product features
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Aiming at Lingnan specialty foods such as Cantonese traditional meat products, Cantonese bakery products, Cantonese fermented products, subtropical fruit wine, Hakka rice wine, rice-flavored liquor, etc.
, carry out quality formation mechanism, product innovation, modernized intelligent transformation of process equipment, and quality and safety standardization Other studies have injected new vitality into the healthy and sustainable development of the traditional food industry
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(3) Pay equal attention to basic research and applied technology
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The research carried out in recent years includes not only basic subjects such as the quality change of the processing and preservation of Lingnan characteristic agricultural products, the formation mechanism of characteristic flavors, nutritional elements, special functional ingredients and the growth and decline of harmful factors, but also the green of agricultural products after harvest or after slaughter.
Research on application technologies such as preservation, freeze drying, and intelligent drying
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Corporate Cooperation and Social Service

The Institute of Light Industry and Food has formed distinctive scientific research features in Lingnan specialty food processing, Lingnan specialty food nutrition and safety, Lingnan specialty food biomanufacturing technology, food intelligent storage and preservation, etc.
The technology supports Guangzhou restaurant, emperor, Guangdong Jialong food, delicious Xian, Jiujiang Winery, Dongguan Huajing, Shenzhen Yimiyun Station, Rufeng Fruit Seasoning Food, Baoshengyuan, Guiling Bee Industry, Pomelo Pomelo Beauty, Shiji Fruit Industry, Guangdong Zhongxing Lvfeng, Lechang Nongxing Food , Twelve Ridges in Guangdong, Ballumby in Guangdong, Anbu Town in Chaozhou, Bachi Town in Meizhou, Huangpu Town in Zhongshan, and other well-known enterprises and professional towns have solved a series of key problems and contributed to the The regional economic development has made a great contribution; through the Guangdong Provincial Rural Science and Technology Commissioner and the Rural Revitalization Science and Technology Service Team, the technology supports and serves the Guangdong Modern Agricultural Industrial Park (Dapu Honey Pomelo Industrial Park, Yunan Seedless Yellow Peel Industry Park).
Park, Heping County Yuba Industrial Park, Dongyuan County Tea Industrial Park, etc.
), cultivating new-type professional farmers, training personnel in food industry enterprises, etc.
have achieved remarkable results, and effectively implemented the rural revitalization strategy
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