Pasteurization Definition

păschər-ĭ-zāshən, păstər-
noun
A method of destroying disease-producing bacteria and checking the activity of fermentative bacteria, as in milk, beer, or cider, by heating the liquid to a prescribed temperature for a specified period of time.
Webster's New World
The act or process of destroying most microorganisms in certain foods, such as raw meat or fresh fruits and vegetables, by irradiating them with gamma rays or other radiation to prevent spoilage.
American Heritage Medicine

Alternative spelling of pasteurisation.

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Noun

Singular:
pasteurization
Plural:
pasteurizations

Origin of Pasteurization

  • After Louis Pasteur

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pasteurization Sentence Examples

  • Pasteurization heats foods to a temperature unacceptable to raw food diet followers.

  • Fortunately, typical cooking temperatures and the pasteurization process do kill this bacteria.

  • The modified P. fluorescens cultures are killed by heat pasteurization and provides a persistent biopesticide preparation that degrades much slower in sunlight than Bt.

  • Food dehydration, milk pasteurization, and gold mining all benefit from geothermal energy.

  • Pasteurization heats nutritional yeast beyond the temperature of 116-118 degrees Fahrenheit, thus pushing it out of the raw food category.

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NONION

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