Pasteurization
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In food processing, pasteurization is a process of food preservation in which packaged foods are treated with mild heat, usually to less than 100 °C, to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life. Past
A 1912 Chicago Department of Health poster explains household pasteurization to mothers.
A worker removing beer bottles from a pasteurization tank at a brewery in Cheshire, England (September 1918)
180 kilograms (400 lb) of milk in a cheese vat
Food preservation
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Food preservation includes processes that make food more resistant to microorganism growth and slow the oxidation of fats. This slows down the decomposition and rancidification process. Food preservat
Pasteurization
…In food processing, pasteurization (-isation) is a process of food preservation in which packaged foods (e.g., milk and fruit juices) are treated with mild heat, usually to less than 100 °C (212 °F), to eliminate pathogens and…
A food scientist is preparing a meal for astronauts in space.
Preserved food
Bag of Prague powder#1, also known as "curing salt" or "pink salt". It is typically a combination of salt and sodium nitrite, with the pink color added to distinguish it from ordinary salt.
Flattened fish drying in the Sun