“…It can also improve the quality of the extracted juice (Camirand, Randall, Zaragosa, & Neuman, 1981;. Several recent studies have also shown the high potential of pulsed electric field (PEF) to induce non-thermal damage (electroporation) of cell membranes (Eshtiaghi & Knorr, 2002;Fincan & Dejmek, 2002;Knorr & Angersbach, 1998;Lebovka, Bazhal, & Vorobiev, 2001;López, Puértolas, Condón, & Raso, 2009;Mahnič-Kalamiza, Miklavčič, & Vorobiev, 2015;Maskooki & Eshtiaghi, 2012;Toepfl & Heinz, 2011;Vorobiev & Lebovka, 2008). It was observed that the electroporation enhances sucrose extraction from sugar beet slices by aqueous diffusion (El Belghiti & Vorobiev, 2004;Eshtiaghi & Knorr, 2002;Loginova, Vorobiev, Bals, & Lebovka, 2011;Maskooki & Eshtiaghi, 2012) and pressing Almohammed, Mhemdi, & Vorobiev, 2016;Bouzrara & Vorobiev, 2003;Jemai & Vorobiev, 2003;Mhemdi, Bals, Grimi, & Vorobiev, 2014;Mhemdi, Bals, & Vorobiev, 2016).…”