pas·teur·ized in BRIT, also use pasteurised Pasteurized milk, cream, or cheese has had bacteria removed from it by a special heating process to make it safer to eat or drink. a liquid, usually milk, that is pasteurized has been heated using a special process in order to kill any harmful bacteria in it
{s} has undergone pasteurization, has been sterilized through exposure to high temperatures, has had disease-causing bacteria removed (also pasteurised)