Methods for preservation of foodstuffs

Details Methods for preservation of foodstuffs Methods for preservation of foodstuffs

1988-04-28

1989-10-03

Cintins, Marianne

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Direct application of electrical or wave energy to food...

Treatment with ultraviolet or visible light

426407, 426410, 426521, 422 24, A23L 300, A23L 328, A61L 200

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ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for food product preservation by inactivation of microorganisms and/or enzymes by applying pulses of very intense, very short duration pulses of light in the visible and near visible frequencies to the surface of food products to be preserved. Also disclosed are packaging methods and apparatus utilizing such intense, short pulses of polychromatic, incoherent light.

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