pasteurisation

pasteurisation — noun

1. a way of treating food and drink, especially milk, by warming it to a set temper

1.名詞C1
釋義

a way of treating food and drink, especially milk, by warming it to a set temperature and holding it there long enough to kill germs that could make people sick, while keeping most of the flavour and nutrients.

例句

Pasteurisation has made fresh milk safe to drink in nearly every country.

general subject-led statement about a process

The small dairy near Yumi's farm uses gentle pasteurisation to keep the cheese flavour.

collocation: gentle / flash / high-temperature + pasteurisation

同義詞
  • heat treatment

    broader food-science term; not always aimed at killing bacteria

  • sterilisation

    harsher process that kills nearly all microbes; changes taste more

  • thermisation

    milder process at lower temperatures; common in cheese-making

反義詞

用法筆記

Subject is usually a food or drink — most often milk, but also juice, beer, cream, or canned products. Often appears with a method modifier (gentle, flash, high-temperature) or in opposition to 'raw' or 'unpasteurised'.

常見錯誤

❌The farmer pasteurisation the milk every morning.
✅The farmer pasteurises the milk every morning.
💡'pasteurisation' is a noun for the process; the verb form is 'pasteurise'.
❌Three pasteurisations were performed at the factory.
✅Three rounds of pasteurisation were performed at the factory.
💡'pasteurisation' is uncountable; use 'rounds of' or 'a pasteurisation process' for individual cases.