(Wang et al., 2003c), even though heterogeneous foods are more
common in the food market.
The overall goal of this research was to study the feasibility of
using RF heating to process a selected heterogeneous food, meat
lasagna. Specific objectives were to: (1) determine the dielectric
constants and loss factors of different components in meat lasagna;
and to (2) investigate, via pilot-scale experimentation and computer
simulation, how the different dielectric properties of the various
components in meat lasagna influence its overall heating
pattern.