Recent developments in freezing of fruits and vegetables: Striving for controlled ice nucleation and crystallization with enhanced freezing rates.

Yashmita, Grover and Negi, P. S. (2023) Recent developments in freezing of fruits and vegetables: Striving for controlled ice nucleation and crystallization with enhanced freezing rates. Journal of Food Science. pp. 1-28.

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Abstract

Fruits and vegetables are rich in essential nutrients such as minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants; however, they have short shelf life. Freezing is a superior method of preservation compared to other techniques with respect to nutrient retention and maintenance of sensory attributes. However, several physical and textural quality changes associated with freezing and thawing pose a serious problem to the quality of frozen products. Some of the disadvantages associated with the currently employed methods for freezing fruits and vegetables include low rates of heat exchange in blast freezers, shape limitation in plate freezers, high cost of operation in cryogenic freezing, and freezing solution dilution in immersion freezing. Therefore, novel freezing technologies have been developed to achieve controlled ice nucleation and crystallization, enhanced freezing rate, decreased phase transition time, and maintained temperature stability. This review discusses some of the most recent approaches employed in freezing and points to their adoption for maintaining the quality of fruits and vegetables with extended storage.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	freezing, fruits and vegetables, high-pressure freezing, isochoric freezing, magnetic field– assisted freezing, ultrasound-assisted freezing
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 23 Vegetables 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 24 Fruits 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 06 Preservation and Storage > 08 Refrigeration and Freezing
Divisions:	Fruit and Vegetable Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2023 06:39
Last Modified:	08 Dec 2023 06:39
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/16823

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