In the past few decades, there has been considerable scientific
interest in the development of novel systems that can improve
the organoleptic quality or economics of production of frozen
foods. Some of these novel freezing technologies are aimed at
increasing the rate of heat removal from the food while others
change the physical/chemical structure of the product. However,
no critical comparisons of novel freezing technologies
have been published in the past decade. The last reviews being
those of Li and Sun (2002a) and Fikiin (2003)