ultrafiltered

Membrane-processed to purity

Ultrafiltered describes something that has passed through an extremely fine filtration process, typically removing particles at the molecular level.

The term appears most often in food labeling, where ultrafiltered milk has had water, lactose, and some minerals removed, concentrating the protein: ultrafiltered milk makes thicker Greek yogurt.

In scientific contexts, ultrafiltration separates substances by molecular weight.

filtration

membrane

Thin tissue sheet

flux · fouling · separation · fractionation · concentrate · clarification · polishing · selectivity

dairy

milk

Mammalian nursing fluid

casein · concentrate · isolate · cheese · bodybuilding · supplement · powdered · skim · fortified · creamy

purification

sterile

Free from microorganisms

distilled · deionized · sanitized · purified · uncontaminated · pharmaceutical · dialysis · desalination · wastewater · effluent

concentrated

potent

Having great effect

reduced · thickened · dense · nutrient-dense · fortified · enhanced · premium · refined · processed · condensed

Opposites
filtration intensity

ultrafilteredunfiltered

Not passed through screen

sieved · crude · strained

processing state

ultrafilteredunprocessed

Not yet treated

raw · unrefined · unpurified · natural · untreated

Family

filter, filtered, filtering, filtration, unfiltered, filtrate, prefilter, prefiltered, refilter

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