ABSTRACT
The demand for alternative food processing techniques has increased at a rapid rate as manufacturing moves further into the twenty-first century. As technology advances, more efficient equipment can be retrofitted to replace antiquated machinery and processing methods for the food industry. With growing concerns on the safety of food for consumption by humans, a processing technique that is more easily controlled, more efficient, and just as effective as current techniques could revolutionize the food industry in the coming years. Ohmic heating is one of the newest alternative processing techniques to emerge in the last 15 years. Using electric current, food can be pasteurized, fermented, or sterilized in a manner that is equally comparable, if not better, than the current methods of processing.
