A REVIEW ON APPLICATION OF ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS IN QUALITY EVALUATION OF AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTS

In recent years, quality assessment of agricultural materials and food products by acoustic analysis has been one of the major research areas in the field of post-and preharvest technology. Acoustic properties of food can be used to indicate numerically important quality attributes such as crunchiness, crispness, firmness, water activity and so on. Physical characteristics and other quality parameters that attribute to the internal quality of agriculture and manufactured foods can be measured by this nondestructive method. The present study introduces briefly the acoustic properties of agro-food products as well as outlines the importance and application of this technology in food and agricultural industries, where still further research is required to fully comprehend this technology.