How to Use pasteurize in a Sentence
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Raw milk refers to milk that has not been pasteurized.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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This pasteurizes the raw eggs, and can be skipped in an eggless recipe.
—Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2017
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Up to half of the milk products used had been boiled, which would have pasteurized the milk.
—Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 25 Aug. 2025
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Raw milk cheeses are those made with milk that hasn’t been heat-treated, or pasteurized, to kill germs.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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Patrons should ask if the cider is pasteurized in those cases.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Milk is pooled from any number of cows, then pasteurized and packaged.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Raw milk, as opposed to the milk most people use, hasn’t been pasteurized.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
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Instead of a soft cheese, choose options that have been pasteurized.
—Sarah Bradley, Parents, 22 July 2024
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Drink milk or juice only if it’s pasteurized (heat-treated to kill germs).
—Brandi Jones, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
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Raw milk is milk from cows or other animals that has not been pasteurized.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
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Next, the mash is pressed, filtered and sometimes pasteurized.
—Tirion Morris, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
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Raw milk from cows, sheep, goats and other animals has not been pasteurized.
—Kathy R. Byrnes, Cincinnati.com, 8 June 2017
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Raw milk has not been pasteurized — a process that heats milk to remove disease-causing germs.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Raw cheese is made from dairy that hasn’t been pasteurized, a process that heats it enough to destroy bacteria.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
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But for foods that are cooked, shelf-stable or pasteurized, the date is usually not the day the food goes bad.
—Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
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The farm pasteurizes the milk and turns some of it into yogurt on the middle floor of the pontoon.
—Washington Post, 30 June 2019
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Most sakes are filtered and pasteurized, but other styles exist, too.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
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The farm pasteurizes the milk and turns some of it into yoghurt on the middle floor of the pontoon.
—Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2019
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Raw milk and products containing it have not been pasteurized.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
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For this reason, use raw, pasteurized, or powdered cow’s milk with a high-fat content to make the milk spray.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2025
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Raw milk cheese is made from dairy that hasn’t been pasteurized, a process that heats it enough to destroy bacteria.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
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Be careful with fresh juices in places such as farmer's markets, road stands, and some juice bars, as these may not be pasteurized.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026
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Bovine colostrum is pasteurized and dried into pills or powders that are mixed into a liquid.
—Rebecca Jaspan, Mph, Rd, Health, 26 Oct. 2023
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Both state and federal health officials say milk is safe to drink, as long as it has been pasteurized.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
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Milk purchased in stores is required to be pasteurized and is safe to drink, officials said.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
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Most milk is pasteurized, which means it is briefly heated to a high enough temperature to kill germs.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
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That means brewers should pasteurize NA beer.
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2026
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Some pasteurize fluid milk, while others take raw milk and turn it into cheese, butter or ice cream.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 15 Apr. 2020
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Here’s a look at how pasteurization works and which foods are safer to consume when pasteurized.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 6 Dec. 2024
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Almost all the milk sold in the United States is pasteurized.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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