Pasteurization Of Milk - Ultra High Temperature (UHT) Pasteurization

Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Milk Pasteurization, ultra high temperature, UHT, sterlize, temperature, products, quality, longer shelf life

Written by - Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D

Medically Reviewed by - The Medindia Medical Review Team

Last Updated on Feb 18, 2020

Ultra High Temperature (UHT) Pasteurization

Completely sterilizes the product. It is used to created "boxes of milk" that you see on the shelf at the grocery store.

In UHT pasteurization, the temperature of the milk is raised to about 285 degrees F (141 degrees C) for one or two seconds, sterilizing the milk. Thereafter the milk is cooled to 7 C or lower. The products have a better keeping quality and longer shelf life.

Published on Apr 01, 2016
Last Updated on Feb 18, 2020

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kallanga

its much better drink pasteurized milk so as to e away from milk born diseases i like and i m at muhimbili university study milk processing.

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ZenZappa

Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the father of microbiology

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guest

Haha, I was about to type what ZenZappa wrote and I scrolled down and saw your comment. Yes, this page is mislabeled. Antony [Anton] van Leeuwenhoek IS the Father of Microbiology because he was the first to discover the existence of protozoa and bacteria.

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Dena123

I need to pastries small quantity of camel milk. Where you think I can find small pasteurization equipment for sure High temperature short time type?.

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guest

Why do you need it?

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guest

try ur microwave for like 6 min then quicly put it in your fridge

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