Abstract
ABSTRACTExperiments were performed in two steam/air retorts and one water immersion retort to test the influence of included air on heating rate index (fh) values at the center of thin plastic bricks packaged in retort pouches and processed under various temperature and overpressure conditions. In general, high air overpressures (>80 kPa) allowed up to 30 mL air to be included with no detrimental effect on heating rates; however, even small amounts of entrapped air (<5 mL) degraded heat transfer when processed at low air overpressures (<40 kPa). Processing medium and retort type were important factors in the sensitivity of heating rate to increases of air volumes beyond a threshold value.
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