The objective of this study is to evaluate the degradation of
vitamin C in acerola pulp after thermal processing by both ohmic
and conventional heating. The ohmic heating technology was
studied using a Central Composite Rotatable Design in which the
variables evaluated were the total solids content of the pulp (2e8 g/
100 g) and the heating voltage (120e200 V; electric field strength
21e36 V cm1)..