FastOrange® B Bouillon

FastOrange® B Bouillon is a concentrate ready for use for microbiological analyses in breweries and the beverage industry.

With PIKA FastOrange® B Bouillon, all process samples can be equally analyzed with one single and simple method, following the one-for-all principle. From yeast through fermentation and tank samples up to finished beer, all process samples are equally just mixed with PIKA FastOrange® B Bouillon and incubated at ambient temperature (25 °C).

If acid producing beer spoilers are present, their growth is easily detectable by a yellow color change in the broth, often accompanied by sediment or haze formation. In case of lactic acid bacterial growth, these produce the typical odor of lactic acid, and also acetics' smell is characteristic.

All the typical beer spoilers, Lactobacillus and Pediococcus as well as the anaerobic bacteria Megasphaera and Pectinatus, are detected.

PIKA FastOrange® B is intended for

- Microbiological monitoring

- Troubleshooting und tracing of a contamination source

- Detection of weak spots and contamination risks

- Product release based on microbiology data

- Valuation of microbial stability / shelf-life determination