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Description of the effect of temperature on food systems using the deformed Arrhenius rate law: deviations from linearity in logarithmic plots vs. inverse temperature

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In order to account for the deviations from the Arrhenius rate law for the effect of temperature on food processes, we adopt an alternative approach inspired by the deformed exponential based on the Euler limit. The non-enzymatic browning of onions and the growth of bacteria were chosen to validate our proposal, which provides a better description than other formulas previously tested for these systems. These results show that the deformed Arrhenius rate law is suitable for describing the effect of rate-temperature on different food systems and suggest a relationship between the kinetic behavior of food processes and classical collective phenomena.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support given to this work by grants from the CAPES, CNPQ and FINATEC Foundations. We are indebted to Professor Vincenzo Aquilanti for valuable discussions.

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  1. Unidade Universitária de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, P. O. Box 459, Anápolis, GO, 75001-970, Brazil

    Nayara D. Coutinho & Valter H. C. Silva

  2. Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70919-970, Brazil

    Nayara D. Coutinho, Valter H. C. Silva, Kleber C. Mundim & Heibbe C. B. de Oliveira

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Coutinho, N.D., Silva, V.H.C., Mundim, K.C. et al. Description of the effect of temperature on food systems using the deformed Arrhenius rate law: deviations from linearity in logarithmic plots vs. inverse temperature. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 26, 141–149 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-015-0407-4

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