pasteurization
process in which certain foods are treated with mild heat in order to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life
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pasteurization
Summary
pasteurization ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,750 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- pasteurization is credited with the discovery of Louis Pasteur[2].
- Louis Pasteur is named after pasteurization[3].
- pasteurization is a type of food preservation[4].
- pasteurization is a type of heat treatment[5].
- pasteurization's Commons category is recorded as Pasteurization[6].
- pasteurization's time of discovery or invention is recorded as April 20, 1864[7].
- pasteurization's product or material produced is recorded as pasteurized food[8].
- pasteurization's location of creation is recorded as Arbois[9].
- pasteurization's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
- pasteurization's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[11].
- pasteurization's used by is recorded as cooking[12].
- pasteurization's used by is recorded as medicine[13].
- pasteurization's used by is recorded as pharmaceutics[14].
- pasteurization's fabrication method is recorded as heating[15].
- pasteurization's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[16].
- pasteurization's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include food preservation[4] and heat treatment[5].
Origins
Louis Pasteur is named after pasteurization[3].
Use and Application
Recorded used by include cooking[12], medicine[13], and pharmaceutics[14].
Why It Matters
pasteurization ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,750 views/month).[1] pasteurization has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] pasteurization is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]