Recent advances in food thawing technologies

L Cai, M Cao, J Regenstein… - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Serious quality deterioration can occur with suboptimal thawing, and thus innovative
thawing technologies may have an important role in improving the final quality of frozen …

A comprehensive review of the principles, key factors, application, and assessment of thawing technologies for muscle foods

Y Zhang, G Liu, Q Xie, Y Wang, J Yu… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For years, various thawing technologies based on pressure, ultrasound, electromagnetic
energy, and electric field energy have been actively investigated to minimize the amount of …

Recent advances for rapid freezing and thawing methods of foods

Ö Köprüalan Aydın, H Yüksel Sarıoğlu, SN Dirim… - Food Engineering …, 2023 - Springer
Freezing is one of the most effective and widely used preservation methods in the food
industry. Freezing process means that the temperature of foods is reduced until the microbial …

Recent developments in novel freezing and thawing technologies applied to foods

XF Wu, M Zhang, B Adhikari, J Sun - Critical reviews in food …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews the recent developments in novel freezing and thawing technologies
applied to foods. These novel technologies improve the quality of frozen and thawed foods …

Pressure ohmic thawing: A feasible approach for the rapid thawing of frozen meat and its effects on quality attributes

SG Min, GP Hong, JY Chun, SH Park - Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2016 - Springer
Rapid thawing has its significance to minimize the changes in quality attributes and
microbial growth of frozen foods. This study investigated the potential of pressure ohmic …

Using power ultrasound to accelerate food freezing processes: Effects on freezing efficiency and food microstructure

P Zhang, Z Zhu, DW Sun - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Freezing is an effective way of food preservation. However, traditional freezing methods
have the disadvantages of low freezing efficiency and generation of large ice crystals …

Novel synergistic freezing methods and technologies for enhanced food product quality: A critical review

R Hu, M Zhang, W Liu, AS Mujumdar… - … Reviews in Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Freezing has a long history as an effective food preservation method, but traditional freezing
technologies have quality limitations, such as the potential for water loss and/or shrinkage …

Application of physical field‐assisted freezing and thawing to mitigate damage to frozen food

Q Jiang, M Zhang, AS Mujumdar - … of the Science of Food and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freezing is an effective technique to prolong the storage life of food. However, the freeze‐
thaw process also brings challenges to the quality of food, such as mechanical damage and …

Effects of different thawing methods on quality of unfrozen meats

S Gan, M Zhang, AS Mujumdar, Q Jiang - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of thawing frozen meats using physical field-based methods and traditional
thawing methods on frozen meat were examined is a critical analysis of relevant literature …

Radio frequency processing and recent advances on thawing and tempering of frozen food products

Y Llave, F Erdogdu - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
During radio frequency (RF) thawing—tempering (defrosting) of frozen food products, some
regions, mostly along the corners and edges, heat—thaw first due to the strong interaction of …