• Dr. Manisha Rastogi

Microwave heating has a wide range of uses in the food processing industry, including cooking, drying, pasteurization, and food preservation. Various microwave food processing applications, such as microwave cooking, microwave pasteurization, and microwave aided drying, were thoroughly examined in this article. The benefits of microwave cooking of food items have been examined, as well as the variables that influence microwave cooking. The topic of microwave pasteurization of fresh juices, milk, and other foods has been extensively explored. Because of the substantial increase or multiplication of thermal effects, microwave pasteurization may destroy bacteria at temperatures lower than traditional pasteurization. Microwave aided hot air drying, microwave vacuum drying, and microwave freeze drying are all examples of microwave drying applications. Microwave drying, when coupled with other traditional drying techniques, improves the drying properties of microwave drying alone. Modeling of microwave heating of food materials using Maxwell's equations and Lambert's law equations, as well as their applications, have been discussed. The temperature and moisture distributions during microwave heating of food products may be predicted using microwave modeling. The variables that influence food material's dielectric property, as well as the uses of dielectric property measurements, were also addressed. Several solutions were suggested to address non-uniform temperature distribution during microwave heating of food items. More research at the pilot scale level is needed to achieve improved final product characteristics of food ingredients. During microwave heating of food items, it's also important to avoid hot patches or uneven temperature distribution.

Cooking, Drying, Modeling, Microwave Heating, Pasteurization.

"Review of Microwave Food Processing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.223-227, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFF06039.pdf

"Review of Microwave Food Processing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp223-227, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFF06039.pdf