“…This type of ultrasound has high intensity (10–1000 W/cm 2 ) and low frequency (20–100 kHz) [4] and has been applied to numerous unit operations in the food industry. These operations include extraction [5] , [6] , osmotic dehydration [7] , impregnation [8] , drying [9] , emulsification [10] , defoaming [11] and so forth. US has also been applied as an immersion pre-treatment for further processes such as drying [12] , hydro distillation of essential oil [13] , physicochemical modification of starches [14] and others.…”