Fig. 3. Pressure-temperature history during high pressure processing (3, 41,
44)
High Pressure Processing and Microbial
inactivation
Microbial inactivation is one of the main goals for the
application of high pressure technology.
The extent of microbial inactivation that is achieved
by suitable high pressure treatment depends on a number
of interacting factors, including type and number of
microorganisms, magnitude and duration of high pressure
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treatments, temperature and composition of the suspension
media or food (2).