Microwave Processing of Foods: Challenges, Advances and Prospects

Anubhav Pratap-Singh is an Associate Endowed Professor and Director of the B.C. Food & Beverage Innovation at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ferruh Erdogdu is a Professor of Food Process Engineering, Computational Food Processing Group, Department of Food Engineering at Ankara University in Golbasi-Ankara, Turkey
 
Shaojin Wang, Ph.D, is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University in Pullman, WA
Hosahalli Ramaswamy is a Professor in the Department of Food Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, PQ, Canada 

Introduction.- Microwave ovens: domestic and industrial.- Factors influencing microwave processing.- Dielectric & thermal properties for microwave processing.- Effect of microwaves on food microorganisms.- Effect of microwaves on food enzymes.- Thermal, non-thermal and enhanced thermal effects.- Effect of microwaves on food quality parameters.- Microwave heating: general concerns, myths, and realities.- Microwave temperature measurement methods in food processing industry.- Effect of microwaves on food proteins.- Effect of microwaves on food starches.- Effect of microwaves on animal and plant-based lipids.- Effect of microwaves on food carbohydrates.- Microwave pasteurization and sterilization.- Microwave thawing and tempering.- Microwave baking.- Microwave cooking.- Microwave extrusion.- Microwave roasting.- Microwave frying.- Microwave-vacuum dehydration in Food Processing.- Microwave osmotic drying.- Microwave concentration.- Microwave based generation of flavor.- Microwave gadgets - domestic applications.-Microwave 3D printing.- Microwave disinfestations of postharvest agricultural products.- Microwave decontamination of personnel protective equipments - novel response to the global COVID crisis.- Applications of microwaves in dairy industries.- Applications of microwaves in chicken and poultry industries.- Applications of microwaves in meat industries.- Microwave food packaging material and package designs.- Product and package testing for microwave processing.- Chemicalsafety of Microwaves- challenges.- Microbial safety of microwave processing.- Regulatory aspects of MW heating.- Process optimization of Microwave processing.- Power modulated microwave processing.- Batch and continuous flow microwave processing.- Novel advances in simulation of microwave systems.