Is it true that since milk must be pasteurized to be sold in stores...?

Question

the process removes living enzymes from the milk making it hard to digest and completely unnatural, if this is true then is milk still digestable &nutritional even though it has been pasteurized???

Answer 1

The following is from Wikipedia:
Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating food for the purpose of destroying viruses and harmful organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. The process was named after its inventor, French scientist Louis Pasteur. The first pasteurization test was completed by Pasteur and Claude Bernard on April 20, 1862.

Unlike sterilization, pasteurization is not intended to kill all micro-organisms (pathogenic) 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.
So...
Pasteurization is done by heating the milk, not just adding anything to it. It does kill some stuff, but not all stuff. For instance, the milk still contains vitamins and minerals that have not been heated at a high enough temperature to cause them to break down.
Some people will have difficulty digesting pasteurized milk, but it IS still a source of nutrition. (the nutrients being the vitamins and minerals).

Answer 2

yes, very much so. the enzymes that are 'killed off' during the pasturization are or could be harful to us, and also the pasturization helps to 'keep' milk for extended periods of time. Milk has a load of vitamins and minerals that are very necissary in the body including calcium and vitamin D.

Some people are lactose intolerant, which either clogs them up or gives them the runs, for these people vitamin supplements and soy milk are good alternatives.

Answer 3

It has no live enzymes, true. It can be digested, but really has no nutritional value to speak of. Soy milk has a lot more going for it.

Answer 4

Yes. This is because the pasteurization process kills potentially deadly bacteria. The process does not lessen it's nutritional value.

Answer 5

milk has to be pasturized to eleminate bad enzymes and other chemicals that sre present i raw milk. pastuerized milk is simply the process of adding water to the raw milk

Answer 6

yes it is true that u must pasteurized before sold in store.

Answer 7

Yes, in the USA it is true which, unfortunately makes our cheese, yogurt and sour cream, less than great.

Answer 8

yes,but some farmers drink it right from the cow

Answer 9

yes