Intact turkey meat was cooked using low temperature long time (LTLT) and high temperature short time
(HTST) protocols in a combined ohmic/convection system and compared to conventional (CONV) steam
cooking. Both ohmic protocols gave a significantly lighter (p < 0.05) and a more uniform colour vs. CONV,
while no significant differences (pP0.05) were found in texture profile analysis attributes between LTLT
and CONV though HTST showed significantly higher attributes (p < 0.05). Cook loss was significantly
(p < 0.05) different between treatments (25.2%, 27.9% and 31.3% for LTLT, CONV and HTST). Sensory studies
largely confirmed these observations. Cook values (p < 0.05) were lowest for LTLT (4.0) followed by
HTST (5.4) and control (8.5). Lipid oxidation and sulphur-flavour-compound development (measured
over 7 days) were higher for conventional than ohmic treatments. Overall, these results demonstrate considerable
industrial potential for ohmic heating, yielding high quality products with an 8–15-fold reduction
in cooking time.