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Published on: April 26, 2013
Innovative food processing technology using ohmic heating and aseptic packaging for meat
Ruri Ito1, Mika Fukuoka, Naoko Hamada-Sato
1Course of Safety Management in Food Supply Chain, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-chome, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan.
Abstract:
Since the Tohoku earthquake, there is much interest in processed foods, which can be stored for long periods at room temperature. Retort heating is one of the main technologies employed for producing it. We developed the innovative food processing technology, which supersede retort, using ohmic heating and aseptic packaging. Electrical heating involves the application of alternating voltage to food. Compared with retort heating, which uses a heat transfer medium, ohmic heating allows for high heating efficiency and rapid heating. In this paper we ohmically heated chicken breast samples and conducted various tests on the heated samples. The measurement results of water content, IMP, and glutamic acid suggest that the quality of the ohmically heated samples was similar or superior to that of the retort-heated samples. Furthermore, based on the monitoring of these samples, it was observed that sample quality did not deteriorate during storage.
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