title: Surface processing: existing and potential applications of ultraviolet light.
abstract: Solid foods represent optimal matrices for ultraviolet processing with effects well beyond nonthermal surface disinfection. UV radiation favors hormetic response in plant tissues and degradation of toxic compound on the product surface. Photoinduced reactions can also provide unexplored possibilities to steer structure and functionality of food biopolymers. The possibility to extensively exploit this technology will depend on availability of robust information about efficacious processing conditions and adequate strategies to completely and homogeneously process food surface.
authors.affiliation: a Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti , Università di Udine , via Sondrio 2/A, 33100 Udine , Italy.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manzocco
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nicoli
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000378:metabolism; D004203:Disinfection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005502:Food; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers
keywords: UV-C; hormesis; photoreaction; polymer structure