Sterilization of liquid foods by pulsed electric fields-an innovative ultra-high temperature process

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Reineke, Kai ^a,b   Schottroff, Felix ^b   Meneses, Nicolas ^c   Knorr, Dietrich ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Buehler AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endospore forming bacteria; Inactivation mechanisms; Milk; Pulsed electric fields; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD QUALITY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DAUCUS CAROTA; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84931268496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00400     Document Type: Article

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