The milk we buy is boiled?!
The milk we buy is boiled?
Answers:
Most milk sold in the US is "pasterized" and "homogenized". The pasturizing is a process named after Louis Pasteur, a frenchman, who realized that germs could be killed by cooking them. Since milk comes from cows (and cows aren't known for being clean) and were often milked by human hands, it seemed intelligent to pasturize the milk before giving it to consumers. You can buy "un-pasturized" milk from local farmers in most areas. (But why would you want to?)
Homoginizing is mixing the milk together--both the milk from several cows (or entire dairies) and with itself (putting the cream into the milk.)
In Europe, milk usually isn't Pasturized. Instead, it is "Radiated" to do the same thing--kill the bacteria. In most of Europe, they just expose milk to enough radiation to kill the germs. Because of that, interestingly, Europeans can store milk on the shelf (not refrigerated!) It lasts about 1-year in your cupboard.
Really, how very interesting. Thanks for sharing with us the fact that the milk you buy is boiled.
The milk WE buy is pasteurized. Meaning the temperature has been taken up to a certain point to kill the bacteria.
homogenized, so kind of but actually at an even higher temp
We know you are a child and it is OK to ask that question and it will be a great science project to study Louis Pastuer
im glad for you im also glad you dont know the right word. milk you buy in a store is pasterized(sp) is so you dont get sick and die. although in your case i think they should make an exception. thank you for the points.
its called pastuerazation (sp?), they heat the milk to a high temperature for a low ammount of time to get the bacteria out and basically gives the milk a longer shelf life.
why?