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Sterilization vs. Pasteurization — What's the Difference?

Sterilization vs. Pasteurization — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sterilization and Pasteurization

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Sterilization

The process of making something free from bacteria or other living microorganisms
The food processing plant has undergone three sterilizations supervised by a microbiologist
Disinfection and sterilization of surgical equipment

Pasteurization

Pasteurization or pasteurisation is a process in which packaged and non-packaged foods (such as milk and fruit juice) are treated with mild heat, usually to less than 100 °C (212 °F), to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life. The process is intended to destroy or deactivate organisms and enzymes that contribute to spoilage or risk of disease, including vegetative bacteria, but not bacterial spores.The process was named after the French microbiologist, Louis Pasteur, whose research in the 1860s demonstrated that thermal processing would deactivate unwanted microorganisms in wine.

Sterilization

Surgery to make a person or animal unable to produce offspring
She had three children and had undergone sterilization
In the years preceding the case, the number of sterilizations performed there rose dramatically

Pasteurization

The act or process of heating a food, especially a beverage such as milk or beer, to a specific temperature for a specific period of time in order to kill microorganisms that could cause disease, spoilage, or undesired fermentation.

Sterilization

To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.
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Pasteurization

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.

Sterilization

To eliminate the ability of a person or animal to produce offspring, as by altering or removing the reproductive organs.

Pasteurization

Alternative spelling of pasteurisation

Sterilization

To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.

Pasteurization

A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140° F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained microorganisms.

Sterilization

To render (land) unfruitful.

Pasteurization

Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

Sterilization

(Economics) To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit.

Sterilization

To make inoffensive or innocuous
Sterilized the terminology with euphemisms.

Sterilization

(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.

Sterilization

(uncountable) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.

Sterilization

(countable) An instance of a sterilization procedure.
The vet performed several sterilizations this week.

Sterilization

(uncountable) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.

Sterilization

The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.

Sterilization

The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

Sterilization

The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

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