Dielectric Heating: A Review of Liquid Foods Processing Applications

Dielectric heating is one of the most promising alternatives to conventional thermal treatment fluid foods. Higher efficiency and better uniformity radio frequency microwave processes have been proven successful in providing a similar or bacterial enzymatic inactivation liquid semi-solid foods while improving sensory nutritional qualities fresh product when compared pasteurization. However, further investigations are necessary advance scaling up applications at different frequencies understand heat distribution energy consumption industrial dielectric operations.