Partially sterilizing milk by heating.

A term describing milk that has been heat treated to destroy bacteria. Most factory-produced cheeses are made from pasteurized milk to ensure greater control over quality and more uniform consistency. Processed cheeses also may be pasteurized to check further ripening.

having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation

The pasteurization process is used to preserve beers to increase storage life. This process takes away from some of the natural flavours in beer.