Is milk sterilized?

Answer 1

NO.
Its pasteurized.

Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. The process was named after its inventor, French scientist Louis Pasteur.

Unlike sterilization, pasteurization is not intended to kill all micro-organisms (pathenogenic) in the food. Instead, pasteurization aims to achieve a "log reduction" in the number of viable organisms, reducing their number so they are unlikely to cause disease (assuming the pasteurized product is refrigerated and consumed before its expiration date). Commercial scale sterilization of food is not common, because it adversely affects the taste and quality of the product.

Answer 2

Yes. As far as I know, the pasteurization process (which subjects the milk to high temperatures for a length of time determined to kill any nasty pathogens that may be lurking about) sterilizes it.
However, if I were to tell you the limited knowledge I have on the matter of a dairy cow's living conditions and life expectancy you would almost certainly rethink your dairy habits.
Then again... I still drink the stuff like it's milk!

Answer 3

No. It is pasteurized, which is a heating process that reduces the # of germs in milk, but does not kill all of them. If milk was sterile, you wouldn't have to refridgerate it and it would never go bad (well, it might, but only from long term chemical changes).

Answer 4

The process is called "pasteurization" á la Louis Pasteur.

Answer 5

As said above, no.

In my country there's this milk that has this as a slogan: "Less than 100.000 bacterias per ml "

So no. Defientely not sterilized.

Answer 6

it depends.. it is called "Sterilized/Pasteurized milk"

Answer 7

It is pasteurized.

Answer 8

No, its pasteurized

Answer 9

Its pastuerized.

Answer 10

its pasturized.