TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal processing of food
T2 - challenges, innovations and opportunities. A position paper
AU - Kubo, Mirian T. K.
AU - Baicu, Adina
AU - Erdogdu, Ferruh
AU - Poças, Maria de Fátima
AU - Silva, Cristina L. M.
AU - Simpson, Ricardo
AU - Vitali, Alfredo A.
AU - Augusto, Pedro E. D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil) for funding the Post-Doctoral grant of MTK Kubo (155725/2018–1) and the productivity grants of PED Augusto (306557/2017–7 and 310839/2020–3). Moreover, the following professionals provided excellent discussions with the authors, being kindly acknowledged: Prof. Dr. h.c. Huub Lelieveld (The Global Harmonization Initiative – GHI, Austria) and Dr. Maria Isabel Berto (Food Technology Institute, ITAL, Brazil).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Thermal processing is still the most important method to ensure food safety, however, there is a need for further improvements, from basic data to advanced optimization methods. Due to the competitive market, customer demands and environmental concerns, several challenges have been raised. In this review, some important topics are discussed, including inactivation kinetics, engineering properties, process design and control, packaging systems and regulatory, environmental, and economic aspects. This position paper describes our opinion about the main challenges associated with thermal processing (conventional and alternative technologies, as microwave and ohmic heating), as well as some possibilities to deal with them.
AB - Thermal processing is still the most important method to ensure food safety, however, there is a need for further improvements, from basic data to advanced optimization methods. Due to the competitive market, customer demands and environmental concerns, several challenges have been raised. In this review, some important topics are discussed, including inactivation kinetics, engineering properties, process design and control, packaging systems and regulatory, environmental, and economic aspects. This position paper describes our opinion about the main challenges associated with thermal processing (conventional and alternative technologies, as microwave and ohmic heating), as well as some possibilities to deal with them.
KW - Food processing
KW - Heat process
KW - Microwave
KW - Ohmic heating
KW - Thermal process
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122092273&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/87559129.2021.2012789
DO - 10.1080/87559129.2021.2012789
M3 - Review article
SN - 8755-9129
VL - 39
SP - 3344
EP - 3369
JO - Food Reviews International
JF - Food Reviews International
IS - 6
ER -