Table 2 Comparison of the fit of the two mathematical models, Fick model and Geeraerd, Herremans and Van Impe model, used to fit the drying curves of minced pork of different mincing sizes: 2.5 mm, 4.0 mm, 6.8 mm.

From: Potential of Pulsed Electric Fields for the preparation of Spanish dry-cured sausages

Mincing size

Treatment

Model

RMSE

Bf

Af

2.5 mm

Control

Fick

0.9539

4.3552

0,9992

1.0903

Geeraerd

0.9932

1.7850

1.0011

1.0321

PEF

Fick

0.9588

4.3035

0.9988

1.0928

Geeraerd

0.9947

1.6169

1.0011

1.0300

4.0 mm

Control

Fick

0.9602

4.1849

1.0014

1.0868

Geeraerd

0.9952

1.6474

1.0099

1.0333

PEF

Fick

0.9595

4.2460

1.0010

1.0925

Geeraerd

0.9951

1.7195

1.0101

1.0326

6.8 mm

Control

Fick

0.9638

3.7766

0.9958

1.0815

Geeraerd

0.9954

1.6079

0.9976

1.0297

PEF

Fick

0.9593

4.1166

0.9976

1.0893

Geeraerd

0.9950

1.5947

0.9995

1.0307