Process-Target-Cost of ohmic treatment and aseptic packaging of "minestrone"

What is it about?

Ohmic heating is often regarded as a technique that could provide value-added and shelf-stable foods. However, very few papers deal with the costs of ohmic treatment. In this paper, we compare two products with identical quality levels, and calculate the Target-Cost of the ohmic treatment and aseptic packaging of a vegetable soup. This Target-Cost is equal to 1.42306 €/kg, (65.9% of the total costs of the ohmic product).

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Why is it important?

The paper is important because it deals with the costs of Ohmic Heating. This technology, in fact, is often regarded as very effective in delivering shelf-stable foods, but very few papers analyse the costs of Ohmic Heating. That's what we did, and came up with the target-cost of Ohmic Heating and aseptic packaging of a vegetable soup in our case study.