Goji Food Solutions Ltd.
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| Industry | Food Technology |
| Founded 📆 | 2009 |
| Founder 👔 | Prof. Shlomo Ben-Haim |
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| 🌐 Website | www.gojifoodsolutions.com |
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Goji Food Solutions Ltd. (also Goji) is a privately held company specialized in the design, licensing and manufacture of radio frequency (RF) cooking and sensing technologies for use in domestic, commercial and industrial settings.[1][2][3][4] Goji is the first company that reported the development of a commercial RF cooking oven.[5]
Company Description[edit]
The company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with a research and development affiliate, Goji Research, based in Israel.[6]
Goji Food Solutions is a subsidiary of Goji, a technology company founded by Professor Shlomo Ben-Haim in 2006, focused on the development and application of controlled energy delivery technology.[7] As the arm dedicated to its use with food, Goji Food Solutions was founded in 2009 by Goji and the Hobart Group and subsequently raised $25 million from New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA).[8][9]
Goji Research includes engineers and technicians with experience in RF, electromagnetics, systems engineering, software engineering, electronic engineering and culinary science. With over 200 patents and patent applications worldwide, its focus is the use of solid-state electronics and closed-loop algorithms in cooking applications.[3]
Solid-State RF Cooking [edit]
Radio frequency (RF) cooking in its general sense is not a new technology, having first been used broadly in domestic microwave ovens. Microwave cooking uses magnetrons to deliver electromagnetic radiation in the microwave spectrum for the purpose of heating food in a cavity. The frequency emitted by magnetrons is constant; as a result, control of the energy that is delivered to the food inside a microwave oven is limited.[10][11] A disadvantage of microwave ovens is that they tend to heat food unevenly, resulting in hot and cold spots in the food and poor quality reheating or cooking performance.[12][3]
The use of solid-state electronics to generate RF energy for heating food, although also using radio waves, enables a greater degree of control and precision, while retaining the benefits of the efficient cooking times facilitated by microwave ovens.[13][14][15][16][3][17][4][18]
The technology developed by Goji uses a real-time closed-loop feedback system enabling control over RF heating parameters including the time, frequency, amplitude and phase of the energy delivered.[19] Using a proprietary algorithm, this system feeds a low power RF signal to a high power transistor; the RF signal is then amplified and transmitted to the oven cavity.[20] The algorithm continues to use data picked up from reflections within the oven cavity throughout the cooking to recalculate the heating pattern throughout the cooking cycle, effectively tailoring the energy delivery to suit whatever type of food is being cooked.[11][21][22][3][23]
By combining solid-state electronics with real-time control algorithms and software, the technology enables fast and more even heating, thereby improving cooking results. For more complex multi-component meals, specific heating patterns may be selected to optimize cooking time and quality.[11][24][3][25][26]
IoT Applications[edit]
Cooking technology based on the precise control of RF energy through data transmitted via a feedback loop ties into the concepts of the Internet of Things (IoT) and software-defined cooking (SDC).[24][27][28] Ovens using solid-state RF cooking will be able to connect to a network to retrieve dish-specific cooking recipes and algorithms, and simplify complex cooking processes.
New possibilities offered by solid-state RF cooking technology include concepts that could become part of day-to-day living, such as counter-top connected ovens, meal subscription solutions and portable food heating appliances.[29][30][31][32][33]
Food Quality and Safety[edit]
Research conducted on Goji’s RF cooking technology demonstrated that it preserved or increased vitamins, decreased the formation of acrylamide and successfully inactivated foodborne pathogens, while cutting cooking time by 86%.[34][35]
Researchers, including Vincenzo Fogliano, professor biochemistry, food chemistry and functional foods based at Wageningen University and Research Centre, reported that RF cooking was found to preserve vitamin C and increase glucosinolates concentration in broccoli compared to cooking by steaming. When roasting potatoes, RF cooking decreased the formation of acrylamide by more than 50% compared to an electric oven. The amount of vitamin B in salmon was 50% higher when cooked by RF technology versus an electric oven.[34]
Sensory tests of 55 untrained subjects in Italy compared the perceived quality of salmon and ready-to-cook chocolate cake prepared by Goji technology and a conventional electric oven. A significant majority (39 out of 55; p<0.01) found the salmon cooked using Goji technology to be more tender than the conventionally cooked salmon. Furthermore, a significant majority (36 out of 55; p<0.05) found the caked cooked by Goji technology to be lighter in texture than the conventionally baked cake.[34]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Goji Food Solutions - Technology". www.gojifoodsolutions.com. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ David, Shamah (February 5, 2015). "Israeli tech will reinvent the microwave, says start-up". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Israeli Startup Goji Is Planning the Oven of the Future". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rieland, Randy. "This Oven Could Change How We Cook". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Ampere Newsletter, Issue 89" (PDF). July 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Company overview of Goji Food Solutions Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ "Goji Overview". www.gojisolutions.com. Goji Solutions. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ "NEA Portfolio – Goji". www.nea.com. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ "United States Securities and Exchange Commission Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities – Goji Food Solutions Ltd". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ Werner, Klaus. "Taking back control: next-generation cooking with solid-state RF energy". ieeexplore.ieee.org. IEEE Microwave Magazine (September 2015). Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Ard van Roji and Gerrit Huisman. "Will Solid State RF Energy Change the Way We Cook and Eat?". Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). "Microwave oven safety". www.csiro.au. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ "Solid-State RF Energy Technology". rfenergy.org. RF Energy Alliance. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ↑ Woollacott, Emma; Woollacott, Emma. "Is microwave pressure cooker a money - and time - saver?". AOL Money UK. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ↑ Laure, Belmont (2015-02-18). "Israël invente la cuisine du futur… inspirée de Star Trek". siliconwadi.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ↑ Balanzino, Manu. "Goji Food Solutions". thegourmetjournal.com. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ↑ "Goji : des fours capables de cuire plusieurs aliments en même temps à des températures différentes". www.europe1.fr (in français). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Executive Interview, Ben Zickel, CTO, Goji Research". Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Reinventing the microwave". www.foodprocessing.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Volumetric cooking with Goji technology" (PDF). NXP. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ Mooney, Janine E. (2015-06-10). "Improving the microwave oven using solid-state RF". Electronic Component News. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ Zickel, Ben. "Electromagnetic design for cooking". www.gojifoodsolutions.com. Goji – Blog. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Goji : révolution en vue dans la cuisson par micro-ondes ?". www.lesnumeriques.com (in français). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 DeMartino, Chris. "Technology Breakthroughs Prepare to Change the World". mwrf.com. Microwaves & RF. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Four : La révolution de la cuisson selon Goji". Agro Media (in français). 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Startup israeliana Goji sta progettando il forno del futuro". siliconwadi.it. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ Paul Teich, TIRAS Research (2015-11-25). "The Missing Ingredient in Software-Defined Cooking (SDC)". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ Perlow, Jason. "Freescale's Radio Frequency Oven: The end of the Microwave? | ZDNet". ZDNet (June 22, 2015). Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Freescale Solid State RF Power Innovation Enables Disruptive New Concept for Cooking at Home". www.businesswire.com. Business Wire. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ Hambling, David (2016-05-20). "Next-gen microwave ovens are small enough to sling on your back". New Scientist. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Goji : des fours capables de cuire plusieurs aliments en même temps à des températures différentes". www.europe1.fr (in français). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "La start-Up israélienne Goji annonce le four du futur". La cuisine pro (in français). 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ McGregor, Rhiannon. "Culinary convenience". Culinary convenience | LS:N Global. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Fiore, Alberto; Di Monaco, Rossella; Cavella, Silvana; Visconti, Attilio; Karneili, Ohad; Bernhardt, Sam; Fogliano, Vincenzo (2013-08-15). "Chemical profile and sensory properties of different foods cooked by a new radiofrequency oven". Food Chemistry. 139 (1–4): 515–520. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.01.028.
- ↑ Schlisselberg, Dov B.; Kler, Edna; Kalily, Emmanuel; Kisluk, Guy; Karniel, Ohad; Yaron, Sima (2013-01-01). "Inactivation of foodborne pathogens in ground beef by cooking with highly controlled radio frequency energy". International Journal of Food Microbiology. 160 (3): 219–226. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.10.017.
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