Pasteurizer

A pasteurizer (1) comprising:

• an endless circulating transport conveyor (3) guided around deflection rolls (7, 8) and used for transporting through the pasteurizer (1) the products (18) to be pasteurized, one of a feed conveyor (5) and a discharge conveyor (9) oriented essentially transversely to the conveying direction of the transport conveyor (3) and having a smaller width than the transport conveyor (3), said the one of the feed conveyor (5) and discharge conveyor (9) being used for transporting the products (18) to and away from the respective end face of the transport conveyor (3), and a transfer surface (4, 19) for bridging a distance between the conveying surface(s) of the one of the feed conveyor (5) and of the discharge conveyor (9) and the conveying surface of the transport conveyor (3), the one of the feed conveyor (5) and the discharge conveyor (9) being arranged so close to the respective end face of the transport conveyor (3) that the lateral boundary (K) thereof, which face the transport conveyor (3), is arranged above the contour of the respective deflection roll (7, 8).