Table 2.
Thawing time and thawing rate of frozen rice according to freezing system and output of microwave in thawing process

Freezing system Output of microwave (W) Thawing time (min) Thawing rate (°C/min)
CF 200 50±0.032A1) 2.29±0.011C
600 7.86±0.676B 14.6±1.374B
1000 3.44±0.319C 33.63±3.467A
IQF 200 49.99±0.0141a2) 2.29±0.004c
600 7.58±0.0529b 15.15±0.283b
1000 3.33±0.05c 35.09±1.002a
The different capital letters (A-B) indicate significant differences between output power of microwave in thawing processing for the CF freezing system (p< 0.05).
The different small letters (a-c) indicate significant differences between output power of microwave in thawing processing for the IQF freezing system (p< 0.05).