The effects of vacuum acidification (VA) and pulsed vacuum acidification (PVA) on pH reduction and their kinetics on carrot and eggplant slices were studied. Both vegetables showed a significant improvement of acidification rate when submitted to VA and PVA in comparison with traditional acidifying-dipping. In particular, carrot slices treated at 1,023.25 and 300 mbar showed kinetic constants of âPeleg-type model,â respectively, of 163.11 ± 108.4 and 31.86 ± 11.15 minâ1 proving a significant increase of initial rate when a vacuum pulse was applied. Nevertheless, a further increase of vacuum did not improve pH reduction due to the low-porosity and the high-rigidity tissues. For eggplants submitted to VA, a fractional decrease of pH of 20 % was obtained by applying a pressure of 100 mbar for a vacuum time of 3 min and a relaxation time of 5 min; instead, only a reduction of 3 % was obtained at atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the changes on visual appearance of vegetable tissue were highlighted, showing that the inhomogeneous response of eggplants to the vacuum in different sections of the slices could reduce the consumersâ acceptability.