The food manufacturing industry, that is both diversified and fragmented, plays a crucial role in economies of all the nations. This review is an approach to provide comprehensive knowledge about the status of use of robots in food processing industries. With advancement in powerful, precise and quick robots, automation has been helping in performing industrial operations rapidly. There are number of modern robotics systems employed in food industries, and they are mostly geared toward the high-volume, long workability and handling single-product line but now emphasis is given on multifunctionality of robots by developing replaceable grippers. The shortage of labours due to young people leaving their nation for better job opportunities in developed or high-income countries, and also in pandemic like situation, this had opened the doors for exploring other options for laborious tasks in important sectors like food processing industry. If robots would be used at larger extent in food processing industry at full capacity, in addition to boosting output, it has the potential to safeguard food supplies in unprecedented circumstances and beyond.
Drying and pickling are the most ancient and effective methods to preserve food which are used so far. In particular, drying cucumber slices using a dehydrator has been shown to significantly reduce their moisture content from 89% w.b. to 4.5% w.b. and lower their water activity from 0.98 to 0.17, making them safe from microbial activity. Moreover, storing these dried cucumber slices for up to 9 days did not result in any significant increase in water activity. The cucumber slices also pickled using different vinegar solutions. It has been observed that with increase in storage period pH of the solution as well as pickles decreases. Vinegar concentration of 480 and 600 ml have shown similar trend. This study showed that drying and pickling can be used to preserve cucumber slices for longer period
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