Table 3.

Coefficient value of Hill et al. model at various temperature and pre-treatment

Temp. (°C)	Coefficient	C	HW	SM	MW
55	a	0.48	0.95	9.10	9.10
	k	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	n	1.52	1.42	1.39	1.30
	c	0.48	0.02	− 8.13	− 8.13
	g	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
60	a	0.47	0.51	0.51	0.50
	k	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	n	1.64	1.37	1.36	1.52
	c	0.47	0.45	0.46	0.45
	g	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
65	a	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.47
	k	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	n	1.49	1.25	1.40	1.47
	c	0.48	0.50	0.50	0.49
	g	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
70	a	0.48	0.96	0.97	7.60
	k	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	n	1.50	1.39	1.38	1.36
	c	0.48	0.00	0.00	−  6.64
	g	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

C control samples, HW hot water blanched, SM steam blanched, MW microwave Blanched