pasteurized

Thân thiện

Milk is pasteurized to make it safe for drinking.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Treated by pasteurization: Describes a liquid, typically milk, beer, wine, or juice, that has been heated to a specific temperature for a set time to destroy harmful microorganisms and halt fermentation, thereby making it safer for consumption and extending its shelf life.

Usage

The adjective "pasteurized" is used to describe a product that has undergone the pasteurization process. It is most commonly placed before the noun it modifies (e.g., pasteurized milk) but can also follow a linking verb (e.g., The milk is pasteurized).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Most milk sold in supermarkets is pasteurized to ensure safety.
  • They only use pasteurized eggs in their mayonnaise recipe.
  • Is this apple juice pasteurized or raw?

Advanced Usage

• "Ultra-pasteurized": A more intensive heat treatment that extends shelf life even further compared to standard pasteurization.
  • The cream is ultra-pasteurized, so it lasts for months unopened.

Variants and Related Words

• Pasteurize (verb): To subject a substance to pasteurization.
  • The company will pasteurize the fresh cider.
• Pasteurization (noun): The process of heating a liquid to destroy pathogens.
  • Pasteurization was a major breakthrough in food safety.

Synonyms

• Heat-treated: A more general term for any process using heat to preserve or sanitize.
• Sanitized: Made clean and hygienic, though not specific to the heating process of pasteurization.

Antonyms

• Raw: Not treated or processed, especially not heated.
• Unpasteurized: Not subjected to pasteurization.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation

Từ đồng nghĩa

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