Food chemistry is primarily the science of studying the compositions, structures and properties of food and their changes in the process of food production, processing, storage, transportation and marketing and their effects on food quality and food safety from the perspectives of chemical and the level of molecular. The teaching content of food chemistry principally includes the following aspects: ① The chemical structures and compositions of each component of food (water, carbohydrates, polypeptides and proteins, lipids, food pigments, vitamins, minerals and food flavor substances). ②Physical properties of food components and their significance in food science. ③Chemical changes of each component in food during food processing and its influence on food system. ④ Based on the principle that structure determines function, it improves its functions (food application characteristics) by controlling or changing the structure of food compositions (physical structures or chemical structures). ⑤ The interactions between the components of food in the food processing process.