“Pasteurized” or “Pasteurised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 10 prefer “pasteurized” and 0 prefer “pasteurised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	pasteurized	pasteurised	Preference
United States	99	1	“pasteurized”
United Kingdom	58	42	“pasteurized”
India	80	20	“pasteurized”
Philippines	98	2	“pasteurized”
Canada	98	2	“pasteurized”
Australia	65	35	“pasteurized”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	55	45	“pasteurized”
New Zealand	70	30	“pasteurized”
Jamaica	100	0	“pasteurized”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“pasteurized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“pasteurized”

…production to the supply of pasteurized bulk milk, made possible by…
The pasteurized milk is left to cool…
…sold in Madison to be pasteurized at an approved plant within…
…father promoted the use of pasteurized milk in the United States.
The FDA Food Code exempts pasteurized shell eggs from the definition…
…for five weeks rather than pasteurized.
…the retailer sliced, repackaged, or pasteurized but did not heat, mix,…
Currently, shell eggs pasteurized using the heating technique are…
…juice, which is then flash pasteurized and bottled.
It is made by curdling pasteurized cream.

“pasteurised”

…is typically neither clarified nor pasteurised.
…single three-axle wagon carrying enough pasteurised milk to supply the daily…
…most of today's filtered and pasteurised lagers, Kellerbier contains more of…
One litre of pasteurised camel milk retails for about…
…crab meat is also available pasteurised, which avoids the pitfalls of…
…the beers are filtered and pasteurised to be made available in…
…consist of the nitrogenated and pasteurised Creamflow, which was launched in…
Examples include pasteurised fresh milk, packed egg and…
…the majority of production uses pasteurised milk, the growing artisanal manufacturers…
Cornish Yarg is made using pasteurised cow's milk sourced from neighbouring

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