Pasteurize vs pasteurise

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Grammarist

Pasteurize means to heat food to a temperature that will kill harmful microorganisms but not alter the quality of the food, or the taste. Pasteurize is a transitive verb. Pasteurize is the North American spelling, related words are  are pasteurizes, pasteurized, pasteurizing and pasteurization. Pasteurized may also be used as an adjective.

Pasteurise is an accepted British spelling. Related words are pasteurises, pasteurised, pasteurising and pasteurisation. The American spelling of pasteurize is also considered correct and is gaining acceptance around the world.

Pasteurize and pasteurize are examples of a group of words that are spelled with a “z” in American English and an “s” in British English. The word pasteurize appeared in the late nineteenth century, when Louis Pasteur invented the process, the name of the process was coined from the inventor’s last name.

Examples

They use Italian hazlenuts, toast their own Texas pecans, pasteurize raw milk purchased from Steubing Dairy Farm in Hondo, and rely on locally grown fruit for the sweetness in flavors such as ricotta and blackberry. (San Antonio Magazine)

Your solution is pasteurized eggs — eggs that have been heat-treated to kill any bacteria without cooking the eggs. (The Columbus Dispatch)

Health Ministry sources said Thursday that they have sent experts to teach farmers and other in the Arab section how to pasteurize dairy products, “but they don’t cooperate and listen, and they even hide the products from us, even though we have made it clear that they are causing themselves to get sick.” (The Jerusalem Post)

We used to pasteurise and bottle our own milk, but the testing requirements were too much for a small-scale operation. (The Irish Farmers Journal)

Last year, Hartley’s Ice Cream in Egremont was making and pasteurising around 450 litres a day – but it is a different picture 12 months on. (The News & Star)

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