D-values were calculated by non-linear regression according to the
methodology described by Matsui, Gut, de Oliveira, and Tadini (2008).
Since both treatments (MWP and CTP) applied in the present study involved
non-isothermal heating conditions, correction of processing
time values for come-up periods was necessary prior to kinetic data
analyses. Therefore time–temperature profiles were used to calculate
the effective time (te) or accumulated lethality (Eq. (2)), which represents
the isothermal holding time at the selected reference temperature
that causes the same level of microbial destruction as the heating