Chapter 30

Freezing Combined with Electrical and Magnetic Disturbances

Epameinondas Xanthakis, Alain Le-Bail,  and Michel Havet     UMR GEPEA, ONIRIS, Rue de la Géraudière, Nantes, France

Abstract

In this chapter, novel freezing methods involving the application of electrical and magnetic disturbances are covered. Freezing is one of the most popular and widely used food preservation methods. The freezing process of food matrices is based on their dominant constituent, which is water. The phase transition of liquid water into ice during the crystallization stage is closely related to the final quality of the frozen product. For this reason, several emerging technologies have been developed to control the crystallization process and to improve the ...

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