Method of thawing frozen food
AssigneeTohoku University
InventorsMinoru SATO, Toshiyasu YAMAGUCHI, Toshiki NAKANO
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Abstract
There is provided a method of thawing a frozen food in which the frozen food can be rapidly and uniformly thawed without the degradation of its quality. A frozen food is thawed by the application of electromagnetic waves of 100 MHz±10 MHz to the frozen food. The frozen food is fish eggs such as frozen sea urchin or salmon roe, a marine product such as fish meat or whale meat, frozen minced fish meat, meat or mince thereof, or food such as sushi that is formed with different food ingredients.
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A method of thawing frozen sea urchin,
- wherein an electromagnetic wave of 100 MHz±10 MHz is applied to frozen sea urchin so as to thaw the sea urchin.
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A method of thawing frozen salmon roe,
- wherein an electromagnetic wave of 100 MHz±10 MHz is applied to frozen salmon roe so as to thaw the salmon roe.
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A method of thawing frozen sushi,
- wherein an electromagnetic wave of 100 MHz±10 MHz is applied to frozen sushi so as to thaw the sushi.
A method of thawing frozen whale meat,
- wherein an electromagnetic wave of 100 MHz±10 MHz is applied to frozen whale meat so as to thaw the whale meat.
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