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Module 4: Nutrient Composition:
Objectives - Nutrient Composition
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Jennifer Flak
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Julie Albrecht
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA


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Upon completion of this lesson, nutrition professionals should be able to:
  • Define each of the biotechnology techniques used to make nutritional changes in plants
  • Describe how protein, fatty acid, and carbohydrate contents in food have been altered
  • Identify specific food products that have had their nutrient content altered
  • Identify micronutrients that have been modified
  • Recognize phytonutrients that have been modified in foods
  • Explain why antinutrients are monitored




Development of this lesson was supported in part by USDA Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS)
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service,
U.S. Dept of Agriculture under Agreement Number 00-52100-9710.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of
the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.




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