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Effect of high voltage electrostatic field thawing on the lipid oxidation of frozen tuna fish (Thunnus albacares)

Alireza Mousakhani-Ganjeh, Nasser Hamdami, Nafiseh Soltanizadeh. 2016. Effect of high voltage electrostatic field thawing on the lipid oxidation of frozen tuna fish (Thunnus albacares). Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies. 36: 42–47. 

Changes in the quality, such as color, and TBA values are compared between tuna fish (Thunnus albacares) cuts thawed by high voltage electrostatic field (HVEF) and those thawed conventionally as control. The tuna cubes (2 × 4 × 4 cm3) are thawed under HVEF at three different voltages from the corona starting to the breakdown voltage one with electrode gaps of 3, 4.5, and 6 cm. The control specimens are subjected to no HVEF but thawed conventionally at 20 °C. The results showthat thawing under HVEF increases significantly the TBA and ΔE values of the frozen tuna fish cubes (p b 0.05). Tuna fish cubes were observed to oxidize faster at high electrostatic field intensities than at lower ones. Among the two models considered in this study (zero-order and first-order), the first yielded excellent fits for the TBA value experiment. Industrial relevance: The degree of fish oxidation due to application of a high-voltage electrostatic fieldmethod for fish thawing is an important issue that needs serious attention. Application of HVEF thawing is found to lack the potential to extend the freshness of thawed tuna fish due to lipid oxidation and color changes.

Keywords: High voltage electrostatic field (HVEF); Thawing; Tuna cubes; TBA value.

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Month/Season: 
August
Year: 
2016

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