Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating food, in particular meat or sausage products, by means of a nonconventional heating process, in particular an ohmic heating process, having the following steps:—filling a dimensionally stable shell or a shell which is made dimensionally stable by additional means, said shell being made of a nonconductive material, with a filling material, in particular with sausage or a similar raw food product,—closing openings of the shell with conductive surfaces, in particular panels, plungers, or stoppers, and—conducting an electric AC voltage via the conductive surfaces and conducting the current through the filling material while the filling material moves relative to the conductive surfaces for a uniform ohmic heating process.