Meanings
- uncountableA method of preserving and sterilizing food through the use of high pressure.
This type of high pressure applied at moderate temperatures is sometimes called pascalization because of its correlation with pasteurization (application of high temperatures at atmospheric pressure).
2016, Jose Manuel Recio, Jose Manuel Menendez, Alberto Otero de la Roza, An Introduction to High-Pressure Science and Technology, page 3762 more examples
High isostatic pressure processing has been termed "pascalization" because it follows Pascal's principle. High isostatic pressure is instantaneously and uniformly transmitted throughout the pressure medium and the food product.
1996, Journal of Food Protection, volume 59, page 146It is also termed as hyperbaric pressure processing or ultra-high pressure or high-pressure processing (HPP) or pascalization. In HPP, a food is subjected to high-pressure in the range of 100 to 1000 MPa with or without heat in which pressure is instantaneousy and uniformly transmitted throughout the product irrespective of its size and geometry.
2014, Jatindra Kumar Sahu, Introduction to Advanced Food Process Engineering, page 152Synonyms: high pressure processing, HPP
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA method of preserving and sterilizing food through the use of high pressure.
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