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Milk is pasteurised to kill off pathogens (microorganisms that can make you sick) and spoilage bacteria.
Pasteurisation does not kill all microorganisms, but reduces the amount of microorganisms that can cause spoilage. This increases the available shelflife of the product.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThis depends on where you live. In the United States and Canada, conventional dairies (or all dairies, rather) are required to pasteurize their milk due to health concerns related to bacterial infection that make come from unpasteurized milk.
However, in the United Kingdom and most of the European Union (and a lot of other countries including India and most countries of Africa) milk is not pasteurized because research has shown that good bacteria and other components of milk are destroyed or chemically altered, making it less healthy than raw milk. Also, most people that have dairy cattle do not have access to such expensive equipment as bulk tanks that can pasteurize milk, and have no choice but to drink it straight out of the cow.
There has lately been a movement in the USA and Canada for some dairy producers to sell and produce raw milk because of the health benefits that come with it. However it is slow in coming because it goes against most dairy associations and national health regulations.
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∙ 11y agoMilk is pasteurized to kill any germs in the milk.
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∙ 9y agoMilk is pasteurized in order to kill any harmful bacteria in it. The process of pasteurization is named after microbiologist Louis Pasteur.
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∙ 9y agoThe milk is heated to a high temperature and then cooled, to retard bacterial activity.
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∙ 14y agomilk is pasteurized to kill bacteria
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Can you ues pasteurize in a sentence?
"I will pasteurize the milk before drinking it," said Mr. Miller.
Is Louis Pasteur the scientist responsible for pasteurized milk?
yes. It was his process they use to pasteurize milk.
What part of speech is pasteurized?
The part of speech that pasteurize is transitive verb.
Can you pasteurize local powdered milk to prepare milk bars?
Powdered milk comes from milk that is already pasteurized. There is no need to try and do it again.
Who is Marie anne laurent?
He was Louis Pasteur's wife. Louis Pasteur discovered how to pasteurize milk.
Treatment of milk?
Safe milk is that which is Pasteurized, that is, heated to 160 degrees for 15 minutes. These days, they have found a way to Pasteurize milk at a lower temperature. The process is named for Louis Pasteur.
How do you treat milk to stop it causes diseases?
You pasteurize it, which means heat it to a temperature that kills off most of the bacteria.
What beverage did Louis Paster first pasteurize in 1864?
milkThe first beverage he pasteurized was wine/beer.
Is milk filtered in a dairy farm?
No, milk from a dairy farm is sent to market raw but chilled. The milk is taken to a processing plant which will pasteurize, separate and package the milk and milk products. However, some dairy farms will pasteurize unsaleable milk (milk from cows that cannot be sent to market, such as that from cows who have recently received antibiotics or cows that just calved) to feed to their calves. Pasteurizing this milk makes it safer to feed to the calves and saves the farmer money by reducing the need to buy milk replacer.
What French scientist invented a process to purify and better preserve dairy products?
Louis Pasteur invented a method to pasteurize milk.
How do dairy farms pasteurize milk?
Farmers do not pasteurize milk. That is done by the milk processors who receive milk from the farmer. Milk is pasteurized by raising it to a high temperature for a short time, thus killing many of the bacteria that would otherwise cause it to spoil more quickly or to sicken the consumer.
Can you pasteurize water?
No
