Over the next few months I will give readers the option of comparing F and D-values calculated using the Bigelow and Arrhenius methods. The first calculator can be accessed here. This facility enables technologists, microbiologists and students to readily compare the D-values calculated using both methods and by dividing the F-value by the D-value for target organisms to calculate the number of log reductions.

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