Dear Food Science Group of Faculty of Agriculture of Kagawa University.
With the letter, I would like to introduce myself and express my interest in the International Exchange and Educational Program for Food Safety 2015 at Kagawa University.
My name is Budsayapan Fanriya. I am 22 years old. I am currently studying Bachelor Degree of Science in Food Science and Technology at Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University.
Since I began studying in Chiang Mai University that I had the opportunity to do a variety of activities. In freshman year, I joined softball club because I know only the kind of it, but did not know how to play it. Therefore, I had more intention to join this in improving my knowledge and experience. I could play this game well and had been chosen to join the softball team in the Freshman Sport Game. In 2nd years I use the free time after school to applied a part-time job in Mon-Nom-Sod shop. In my work, I learned customer service, cleaning along with the recipe from the expert. I get better experienced and practice many decisions to solve problems, which is not possible in the classroom. After quitting the job, I started to learn the Chinese Language and passed HSK test in level 2. In addition, I like to play the violin, which is my leisure activity. I am a beginner, but I believe the practice will make me play better. In the 3 years that I elected faculty representatives participating, which 1 in 7 students of Chiang Mai University, to join in The CPF Getting to Know 2013 Program by Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF), Bangkok. I have visited chickens processing in the industry, Saraburi province, and poultry farm in Nakhon Ratchasima province. On a visit to the industry, I get knowledge from the experts about line processing and use of technology in animal husbandry at the company’s poultry farm. Moreover, I was chosen as a leader group for do activity. I feel great and I get praise from friends, our group can take the award winning. Although this program was held two days, but we can make new friends from different universities and we still keep our friendship forever. During senior’s student, I participated in the Internship Program of Japanese students from Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan. This activity held at Faculty Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University. I glad to joining with Japanese students. We were changing opinion and share the experience with each other. Nowadays we are still in contact, share experience about activities or trip, and so on. Honestly, I think that knowledge is not just in textbooks. So I find out that I can practice it in real life.
The research that I interested in Bachelor’s Degree on the topic “Supplementation of Perilla (Perilla frutescens) oil in dairy ice cream”. This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of Perilla seed oil on the physicochemical and sensory characteristics of dairy ice cream and to enrich the functional properties of the ice cream with Perilla seed oil. Perilla seed, usually from the species Perilla frutescens, contained oil that is a good source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The seed oil contains omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 (linoleic acid) and omega-9 (oleic acid). In the my research, incorporation of butter and Perilla seed oil into dairy ice cream at the 4 treatments of T1 (control) have butter 100%, T2 (butter: Perilla oil, 75%:25%), T3 (butter: Perilla oil, 50%:50%), and T4 (butter: Paerilla oil, 25%:75%). In the results, physicochemical analyses showed that the presence of Perilla oil significantly affected pH value, total soluble solid and color values of the dairy ice cream. However, the supplementation of the oil did not significantly affect the moisture content, overrun, fat content and viscosity of the ice cream. For color values, the L* value of the dairy ice cream was significantly increased as higher levels of Perilla oil added in the ice cream mixture. Higher addition levels of Perilla oil tended to reduce the ice cream melting rate. On the other hand the increase of Perilla oil in the ice cream reduced the ice cream firmness. Higher supplementation level of Perilla seed oil significantly increased 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity of the dairy ice cream. The dairy ice cream of T4 had the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity of 64.22±1.27% inhibition. A slightly lower overall acceptance of the dairy ice cream T4 was obtained in the sensory evaluation of different treatments of the dairy ice cream.
I learned the announcement of “The International Exchange and Educational Program for Food Safety at Kagawa University, JAPAN 2015”. I was very delighted to find the opportunity to spend one month learning specialized program on Food Safety at Kagawa University, Japan. I have decided to apply for this program because I am sure it would strongly enrich my future studies and help me in my prospective career. Moreover, I consider this program as a great opportunity to get in touch with Japanese culture, educational system, and Japanese language. Furthermore, I could improve my English and Japanese language skill for increase my confidence in passing the TOEFL and JLPT examinations after I return. Apart from anything else, I believe that this opportunity can lead me to more knowledge of food safety and good experience for my studies in the future.
I would be most grateful if I have a chance to do an interview and please let me know if there is other information or documents to be submitted. I hope I have a chance to join this program.