133149 20260217205514.0 doi 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2024.111974 sideral 137835 ART-2024-137835 eng Astráin-Redín, Leire (orcid)0000-0003-1002-5458 Ohmic cooking of carrots: Limitations in the use of power input and cooking value for process characterization 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Ohmic cooking is considered a fast and homogeneous process. However, achieving heating uniformity depends on several process parameters and intrinsic product characteristics. Furthermore, reference indicators for evaluating the ohmic process and generating reliable comparisons with conventional cooking are still lacking. The objective of this study was to investigate the reliability of the use of power input and cooking value as process indicators. The results showed that the specific ohmic power did affect only the heating rate but not the heating uniformity and the tissue softening rate. Therefore, the power input as process acceleration tool is not sufficient as stand-alone process indicator because other critical parameters (i.e., electrical conductivity) need to be taken into account to display the complex product-process-interactions. The cooking value was proven to be not valid as indicator for ohmic heating, as it does not take into account additional effects not attributable to only thermal exposure. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 5.8 2024 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 34 / 182 = 0.187 2024 Q1 T1 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL 38 / 176 = 0.216 2024 Q1 T1 1.159 2024 Food Science 2024 Q1 11.8 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Waldert, Kate Giancaterino, Marianna Cebrián, Guillermo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5049-3646 Álvarez-Lanzarote, Ignacio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2430-858X Jaeger, Henry 2008 780 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali. Área Tecnología de Alimentos 370 (2024), 111974 [10 pp.] J. food eng. JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING 0260-8774 2302301 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133149/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2606074 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133149/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:133149 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:26:11 ARTICLE