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The Discovery of Pasteurization
- In 1864, Louis Pasteur developed the technique to heat wine before aging it to kill microbes and reduce its acidity. Hence, the name pasteurization.
- However, the process itself has been around way before Louis Pasteur. It was popularly used in China to preserve wine in 1117AD.
- The main reason why it is named in his honor is due to his research that pointed towards microorganisms as the culprit for spoilage and disease that led to the Germ Theory of Disease.
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Pasteurizing Milk
Milk offers a place where numerous pathogens grow and increase in numbers, including those that may cause tuberculosis, scarlet fever, E. coli, and more.
Before pasteurization, raw milk has been many milk-related diseases and deaths; only after the pasteurization process was introduced, m...
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Recent Advances of Pasteurization
It now is able to disinfect food and inactivate soilage enzymes without significantly diminishing nutrient levels, this includes both thermal and non-thermal processes.
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What Pasteurization Does to Food
- As it reduces the risk of food poisoning and extends shelf life, it, however, affects the texture, flavor, and nutritional value of certain food;
- It affects several vitamins such as vitamin A concentration increases, while the concentration of vitamin B2 decreases;
- It may ...
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Pasteurization
- It is the process of applying low heat to kill pathogens and extend shelf life of food and beverage products.
- The process does not eliminate bacterial spores, so it doesn't truly sterilizes products.
- Pasteurization earlier use was to impr...
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The Process of Pasteurization
- The process is dependent on the nature of the product and whether it is packaged or not.
- Liquids and products packaged in plastic and metal containers can be pasteurized either through steam or hot water.
- Packaged food in glass containers can be pasteuriz...
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