Statement on the treatment of food using a pulsed electric field

Dietrich Knorr, Karl Heinz Engel, Rudi Vogel, Barbara Kochte-Clemens, Gerhard Eisenbrand

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Abstract

The working group "Food technology and safety" of the DFG Senate Commission on Food Safety (SKLM) discussed the food safety aspects associated with new technologies that are being developed and used for processing food. One of these newly developed processes uses a pulsed electric field, which is currently being used only on a pilot-scale in Europe. Key objectives of this treatment include the gentle and efficient extraction of cellular constituents as well as gentle pasteurisation of fruit juices. However, the associated electrochemical processes are still insufficiently understood. The SKLM issued the following opinion on 13th March 2007, the English version was agreed on 30th March 2008.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1539-1542
Number of pages4
JournalMolecular Nutrition and Food Research
Volume52
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2008
Externally publishedYes

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