ULTRASOUND: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD PRESERVATION

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https://doi.org/10.20873/2025_out_17699

Abstract

The increase in consumer demand for safe products without chemical additives that preserve their sensorial and nutritional characteristics makes the food industry pay attention and search for innovative food preservation technologies. Among the highlighted emerging technologies for food processing and preservation, ultrasound is a non-thermal technology that uses physical and chemical phenomena to rupture cells and denature enzymes, offering foods with greater productivity, yield, and selectivity, besides preserving their sensory and nutritional characteristics. Therefore, this study aimed to provide information about the ultrasound process and its applications in the food industry compared to other conservation methods. The results demonstrated that the preservation method using ultrasound devices offers the main advantages over conventional food preservation methods: simplicity, portability, low cost, reduced reaction time, and increased yield in mild conditions, in addition to maintaining sensorial characteristics and nutritional profile of foods subjected to this technology.

Published

2025-10-20

How to Cite

Doring Krumreich, F., Moreira Bispo, A., de Jesus de Almeida, C., Cardoso Amorim, G., Ramos Mattos, P. H., & Cedraz Pinto Matos, L. (2025). ULTRASOUND: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD PRESERVATION. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 12(6), 140–159. https://doi.org/10.20873/2025_out_17699