“…The higher frequency of studies could be observed in the fast food category (12), wich can be verified several food products, such as MC application for pizza production (WEGRZYN et al, 2012;LIPTON et al, 2015;NAGPAL;LEI;KHARE, 2015;SUN et al, 2015), hot dogs (RAHIMNIA; MOGHADASIAN; CASTKA, 2009; PULLMAN; VERMA; GOODALE, 2001), hamburger (PULLMAN; VERMA; GOODALE, 2001; WOLF; ZHANG, 2016), salads (NAGPAL; LEI; KHARE, 2015) and ready restaurants dishes (SAMSUDIN et al, 2011;CHEN et al, 2014). The MC applications also can be verified in: beverages category, such as juices (FERREIRA; ALCÂNTARA, 2015), beers (DONADINI et al, 2016) and wines (Van Hoeck); Condiments category, such as tomatoes products (FERREIRA, ALCÂNTARA, 2016) and olive oil (BALCOMBE et al, 2016); candies category, such as cakes, chocolates, cokies (WEGRZYN et al, 2012;LIPTON et al, 2015;SUN et al, 2015) and ice cream (SOROURI et al, 2014); and dairy foods category with a higher frequency of studies about MC applications in yoghurts (FISHER et al, 2005;MCINTOSH et al, 2010; MATTHEWS; MCINTOSH; MULLINEUX, 2011).…”