“…The rate constant of the Higuchi equation has a structural similarity with the composite Fickian diffusivity (Flores & Kong, 2017). Release kinetics of many drugs, flavonoids, and organic acids has been modeled using this equation (Argin, Kofinas, & Lo, 2014; Bae et al., 2015; Mesquita, Oliveira, Pedrosa, de Oliveira, & da Silva, 2015; Palma, Garcia, Marquez‐Ruiz, Vergara, & Robert, 2014; Peng et al., 2010; Robert, García, Reyes, Chávez, & Santos, 2012). In the case of food systems, for the two‐step simulated digestion process, the release of bioactive agents in intestinal conditions could be modeled using the Higuchi model (Khan et al., 2010).…”