The effect of ohmic heating on processing of soymilk in comparison to conventional process was studied. For this an ohmic heating system was setup to serve the heating process. The body of ohmic heating system was made up of food grade Polycarbonate material of diameter of 95 mm and height of 75 mm. Soymilk samples were prepared by conventional process and compared with ohmically cooked soymilk. Time required in case of complete processing of soymilk by ohmic heating was observed to be less as compared to conventional process. Energy consumption in soymilk processing through ohmic heating was also found to be much less as compared to conventional process. Thus, adoption of ohmic heating for cooking soybean in soymilk preparation can reduce the energy consumption and increase the capacity of the existing system. The cost of ohmic heating system will be less than that of steam boiler.

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