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Ohmic Tempering of Frozen Potato Puree

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Frozen potato puree samples were tempered using an ohmic heating technique. Three salt concentrations (0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 %) and three frequency levels (10, 20, and 30 kHz) were used as experimental variables, and the effects of salt concentration and frequency on ohmic tempering were investigated. Temperature, electrical current, and voltage were measured during the ohmic tempering. Electrical conductivities were evaluated based on the sample geometry and the ohmic heating principle. Increasing the salt concentration and/or frequency increased the electrical conductivity and heating rate, and hence contributed to decreasing the tempering time for the frozen potato puree samples. The tempering time was lowest with the highest salt concentration employed, and longest for the lowest salt concentration and frequency. Temperature differences within the sample during ohmic heating were found to be lowest when employing 0.50 % salt concentration and 10 kHz frequency.

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  1. Department of Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Nadide Seyhun, Gulum Sumnu & Serpil Sahin

  2. Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University Macdonald Campus, Montreal, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada

    Nadide Seyhun, Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy & Songming Zhu

  3. Department of Food Technology, Ihsaniye Meslek Yuksekokulu, Kocaeli University, 41285, Kocaeli, Turkey

    Nadide Seyhun

  4. College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 310029, Hangzhou, China

    Songming Zhu

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Seyhun, N., Ramaswamy, H.S., Zhu, S. et al. Ohmic Tempering of Frozen Potato Puree. Food Bioprocess Technol 6, 3200–3205 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-012-1002-7

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