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Pasteurization (medicine) and saccharin (sh)


Pasteurization (medicine)


pasteurization


The heating of milk, wines, fruit juices, etc., for about 30 minutes at 68°C (154.4°F) whereby living bacteria are destroyed, but the flavor or bouquet is preserved; the spores are unaffected, but are kept from developing by immediately cooling the liquid to 10°C (50°F) or lower.

See: sterilization.

Origin: L. Pasteur


saccharin (sh)




Synthetic organic compound, C7H5NSO3, that is 200-700 times as sweet as cane sugar.

The sodium or calcium salt of saccharin is widely used as a diet sweetener. Though approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Other regulatory bodies around the world, its safety is controversial because it appears to be a weak carcinogen. See also aspartame.