Flash pasteurization is a method of heat pasteurization of perishable beverages like milk, fruit and vegetable juices, and beer. It is done prior to filling into containers in order to kill spoilage microorganisms, as an effort to make the products safer and to extend their shelf life. Pasteurization is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking. ... A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is so small that it is microscopic (invisible to the naked eye). ... Shelf-life is the length of time that corresponds to a tolerable loss in quality of a processed food. ...

The liquid moves in a controlled, continuous flow while subjected to temperatures of 71.5ºC (160ºF) to 74ºC (165ºF), for about 15 to 30 seconds, a ratio expressed as pasteurization units.

The process is more prevalent in Europe and Asia than in North America. The benefits of the process involve maintaining color and flavor while killing potentially harmful bacteria. A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... Asia is the largest and most populous of the Earths continents. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...

Juice company Odwalla moved from non-pasteurized to flash-pasteurized juices in 1996 after tainted unpasteurized apple juice sickened many children and killed one. Odwalla is a juice company founded in Santa Cruz, California in 1980 by Greg Steltenpohl, Gerry Percy, and Bonnie Bassett. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...