Increasing competition dictates that food industry profitability is very dependent on its ability to innovate, adapt and develop new processing technologies and products that are both economically attractive and sustainable.
Ohmic heating technologies offer potential economic and practical benefit to all sectors of the food industry.
In this process, a continuous electric current, which generate heat, is passed though the food.
It consist of equipment for passing an alternating current through the liquid between electrodes.
This method of processing is useful for viscous liquids and foods containing particles.
Ohmic heating processing has the promise to provide food processors with the opportunity to produce new, high value added and shelf stable products.
Ohmic heating can also be used for heating high-acid food products such as tomato-based sauces prior to hot filling, with considerable benefits in product quality.
A large number of potential applications exist for ohmic heating including its use in blanching, evaporation, dehydration, fermentation and extraction. Its primary application is as a heat treatment for microbial control.
Ohmic heating is distinguished from other electrical heating methods by the presence of electrodes contacting the food, by frequency or by waveform.
The principal advantage claimed for ohmic heating is its ability to heat materials rapidly and more uniformly than traditional systems used for heating food, including products containing particulates.
Most of studies have indicated that the ohmic process reduces processing time resulting in superior product quality compared with those processed by conventional means.
Ohmic heating can be considered a High Temperature Short Time (HTST) aseptic process.
Ohmic heating processing
Just another blog about food processing and the important of food processing. It is about the conversion of raw materials or ingredients into the consumer product. Food processing also can be defined as the branch of manufacturing that starts with raw animal, vegetable, or marine materials and transforms them into intermediate foods stuff or edible products through the application of labor, machinery, energy, and scientific knowledge.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
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