increasing energy input, electric field strength and pulse frequency, but also when placing the carrots so that the
direction of fibre was parallel to the electrodes. Due to PEF treatment, the resistance towards cutting became less
and it resulted in a smoother cutting surface and higher cutting accuracy, compared to untreated carrots.
Industrial relevance: PEF processing enhanced tissue softening that could reduce the cutting force and improve the
cutting quality (better cutting accuracy and smoother cutting surface) of carrots. Due to partial enzyme inactivation
obtained after PEF processing, the intensity (temperature-time combination) of sequential blanching to achieve
complete enzyme inactivation could be reduced.
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