Pasteurise (Verb)
Meaning
Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The dairy company will pasteurise all milk before bottling to ensure consumer safety.
- Pasteurising eggs destroys salmonella bacteria that can cause food poisoning.
- To pasteurise bottles and equipment, submerge them in boiling water for 10 minutes.
- The food manufacturer pasteurises its products through a combination of heat and rapid cooling.
- Raw honey must be pasteurised before commercial sale in some countries due to the risk of botulism.