Food Pasteurization
Using controlled heating to kill pathogens in food and beverages like milk and wine, dramatically improving public health, safety, and food shelf life.
Core metadata
- ID: food_pasteurization_heat_treatment
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1864 (year)
- Region: France
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Advanced Chemistry (advanced_chemistry)
- Canning & Food Preservation (canning_food_preservation)
- Steam Engine (steam_engine)
- Thermodynamics (thermodynamics)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Pasteurization (Virginia Department of Health, 2015, official_agency) • Supports: node
Locator: VDH states that Louis Pasteur developed a method in 1864 for killing harmful bacteria and extending the shelf life of beverages. - Louis Pasteur (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: Britannica describes Pasteur heating wine to 50-60 C to prevent contamination, the process now known as pasteurization.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canning & Food Preservation (canning_food_preservation) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Canning & Food Preservation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Advanced Chemistry (advanced_chemistry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Advanced Chemistry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Steam Engine (steam_engine) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Steam Engine provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Thermodynamics (thermodynamics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Thermodynamics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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