International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Article Combination of High-Pressure Processing and Freeze-Drying as the Most Effective Techniques in Maintaining Biological Values and Microbiological Safety of Donor Milk Sylwia Jarzynka 1 , Kamila Strom 1 , Olga Barbarska 1, Emilia Pawlikowska 2, Anna Minkiewicz-Zochniak 1 , Elzbieta Rosiak 3, Gabriela Oledzka 1 and Aleksandra Wesolowska 4,* 1 Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 14/16 Litewska St., 00-575 Warsaw, Poland;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +48-22-116-92-50 Citation: Jarzynka, S.; Strom, K.; Barbarska, O.; Pawlikowska, E.; Abstract: Background: Human milk banks have a pivotal role in provide optimal food for those Minkiewicz-Zochniak, A.; Rosiak, E.; infants who are not fully breastfeed, by allowing human milk from donors to be collected, processed Oledzka, G.; Wesolowska, A. and appropriately distributed. Donor human milk (DHM) is usually preserved by Holder pasteur- Combination of High-Pressure ization, considered to be the gold standard to ensure the microbiology safety and nutritional value Processing and Freeze-Drying as the of milk.