Interested in creating or expanding your career in the Flavour & Fragrance Industry?
REGISTRATIONS for the SAAFFI-WITS FLAVOUR & FRAGRANCE COURSE 2024 are OPEN!
Watch this short video for an overview of the course – CLICK HERE
THIS COURSE OFFERS:
• Live lectures and practicals at Wits University
• Option for REMOTE ONLINE participation for those outside Johannesburg
• A proven asset to a career in the Flavour & Fragrance industry or any of the industries it serves.
• A concise but comprehensive course covering many aspects of the intriguing world of Flavours & Fragrances, comprising 12 lectures and 3 hands-on practical sessions.
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Space Strictly Limited
Booking Deadline Friday 2 August 2024
Payment Deadline Monday 5 August 2024
Course commences Tuesday 13 August 2024
General information:
• Ideally, lectures should be attended at Wits University. A detailed schedule will be sent to registered students.
• Lectures will also be distributed in an easy-to-use online format and available for subsequent viewing to revise.
• Practical sessions will take place during September/October 2024. For students unable to attend practical sessions, alternative arrangements will be made.
• Assessments are in the form of projects, with questions taken from relevant industry scenarios.
• Graduating students receive SAAFFI certificates.
• Cost: R8500 + VAT per participant (includes all course notes and materials for practical sessions)
This course generously sponsored by Shimadzu South Africa
Lecturers are industry experts from the SA Flavour & Fragrance industry
Informative visit and tour of production sites of Flavour & Fragrance raw materials
Practical session applying flavours, fragrances and colours to FMCG products
A useful, practical introduction to Sensory Evaluation
– Access to Lecturers
– Recordings of lectures
– Downloadable resources
Testimonials from previous participants:
• I work in the supply chain of raw ingredients to manufacturing parties. This course broadened my knowledge on fragrances ….
• This course will help me communicate more efficiently with customers
• This course gave me more confidence in supplying and understanding the market
• I loved the practicals….
• The SAAFFI-Wits Flavour and Fragrance Course broadened my understanding of the industry…learned a lot about the extraction of certain raw materials for the fragrance industry.
• This course has been so enlightening in terms of just how important flavour and fragrances are in our every day lives – the food we eat or perfume we wear, our home cleaning materials, medication, hotel and shopping mall experiences and even in our memories of child hood experiences.
• My knowledge of the different spices, extracts, oleoresins, volatile compounds and fragrance notes has grown widely, as well as the differences between natural and synthetic fragrances and flavours, the different processes in the creation and development of flavours and fragrances.
• The projects have really helped me to think critically and logically about how to apply the work we have learnt to real world scenarios.
• I now have a much greater understanding of the important role of chemistry in the research, creation and application of flavours and fragrances.
• I was captivated by the art involved in the creation of a fragrance or flavouring, and the deep knowledge that is required to create something beautiful, but also stable, efficient and safe. I even bought a small still designed for essential oil extraction, and we are planning to make some essential oils from different fruits and flowers that we have in a family plantation.
• The course allowed me to understand my current working environment a lot better in terms of the processes that ensure our industry’s success.
• As this course was online it also allows you to study at your own pace. It is challenging when you have a full-time job.
• The information presented was clear and simple to understand.
• The flavour and fragrance industry is very intriguing, riveting, captivating and fascinating, and full of creativity and adventure. The ability for flavours and fragrances to change or influence people’s behaviour through the power of taste and scent is very profound.
• The SAAFFI-Wits Flavour and Fragrance Course has re-ignited my passion for this field of science and technology and has been a fantabulous refresher course for me on the raw materials, processes, products, and creativity within this industry. Furthermore, this course has provided great insight into advancement in science and technology related to the industry (i.e., biotechnology and instrumentation advancements, regulatory safety, and compliance advancements).
• I would like to thank the SAAFFI and Wits management team for making this course accessible to not only budding students but industry professionals.
• This has been the greatest and most insightful course in my career thus far! I now look at my work from a totally different perspective
• I really enjoyed the course, the content was great and the experience was well enjoyed. Thank you to you and the SAAAFFI team for bringing opportunities like this to our market.
For more information about SAAFFI and its activities, contact:
Sharon Bolel
Executive Director, SAAFFI
Cell: +27 (0) 83 449 2696
[email protected]
Jane Grainger
Asst Executive Director, SAAFFI
Cell: +27 (0) 83 453 4888
[email protected]
Peta Broomberg
Events Co-ordinator, SAAFFI
Tel: +27 (0) 11 786 2585
[email protected]
