Method for treating food which is in an insulating encapsulation or casing or which will be introduced into same, using non-conventional ohmic heating

A method for treating food which is in an insulating encapsulation or casing, by means of ohmic heating, for heating food products present in the insulating encapsulation or the casing, wherein the respective food is brought into contact with spaced electrically conductive electrodes, and the electrodes are connected to a controllable or regulatable current source,

• characterized in that
• the electrodes are each in the form of at least one first and one second electrode group, wherein the electrode groups are at a first distance to one another,
• each electrode group has a number of individual electrodes, similar to a comb-like set of needles, wherein the neighboring individual electrodes of the comb-like set of needles are each at a second distance to one another,
• furthermore, the first distance is greater than or equal to the second distance, and the respective comb-like set of needles is arranged to pierce and penetrate the insulating encapsulation or the casing and to pierce the food or is moved to pierce through the food in such a way that entry and exit points of the comb-like set of needles are formed in relation to the food and the insulating encapsulation or casing.