Study of inactivation of Lactobacillus plantarum in orange-carrot juice by means of pulsed electric fields: Comparison of inactivation kinetics models

D. Rodrigo, A. Martínez, F. Harte, G. V. Barbosa-Cánovas, M. Rodrigo

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Abstract

The inactivation kinetics of Lactobacillus plantarum was studied in orange-carrot juice using high intensity pulsed electric fields. The results indicated that under the treatment conditions applied, 28.6, 32.0, and 35.8 kV/cm and treatment times ranging from 10.2 to 46.3 μs, the inactivation of L. plantarum obtained was up to 2.5 decimal reductions. Experimental and literature data were fitted to Bigelow, Hülsheger et al. and Peleg models and to Weibull frequency distribution function. Weibull was the one that best interpreted the data with accuracy factor values closer to 1.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)259-263
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of food protection
Volume64
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Food Science
  • Microbiology

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