Unlocking Potentials of Microwaves for Food Safety and Quality

• Published in: Journal of food science Vol. 80; no. 8; pp. E1776 - E1793
• Main Author: Tang, Juming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Subjects: compliance; Cooking - methods; E: Food Engineering and Materials Science; energy; Food Microbiology; Food Packaging; Food plants; Food Quality; Food Safety; Food science; Foods; Government regulations; heat; Heating; Hot Temperature; Humans; Mats; microwave; microwave treatment; Microwaves; Pasteurization; Pasteurization - methods; Polymers; process design; Safety; Sterilization; systems engineering; food safety; pasteurization; food quality; microwave; sterilization

Microwave is an effective means to deliver energy to food through polymeric package materials, offering potential for developing short‐time in‐package sterilization and pasteurization processes. The complex physics related to microwave propagation and microwave heating require special attention to t...