The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of e-Cooker® and moderate electric field (MEF) cooking on physical and chemical changes occurring during the cooking of meat. Beef muscle samples (38.86 ± 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRicotta cheese is a potential growth medium for a wide range of microorganisms. The aim of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of ultraviolet (UV-C) and near-ultraviolet-visible light (NUV-vis) in microbial decontamination of ricotta artificially inoculated with . Cheese samples were stored at 4 °C, and microbiological and sensory analyses were performed for 9 days.
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