Abstract
Nowadays, consumers’ tendency has been increased toward fresh-like minimally processed, and healthier products. Since thermal processes which have been applied in food preservation from the past to the present, like pasteurization and sterilization, can cause food quality losses, researchers have focused on non-thermal processing technologies as an alternative to traditional thermal treatments. Recently, the effects of pulsed light, UV-C irradiation, pulsed electric field, ultrasound, high pressure, ohmic heating, and similar applications on food quality have been widely investigated. It was reported that pulsed light treatment among non-thermal processing technologies had many advantages over other treatments, especially in terms of preserving the quality of fruit and vegetable juices. Moreover, it was signified that the process could preserve food microbial quality without compromising the physicochemical and sensory attributes of the product. Therefore, pulsed light treatment has the potential to be used as a non-thermal food preservation technique in fruit and vegetable juices.