BactoCEASE^® Liquid Antimicrobials

As today’s industry continues to grow and progress forward, microbial challenges are becoming more apparent. Keeping your products safe has become a top priority, so creating food safety solutions has become ours. BactoCEASE®, a defender against microbial spoilage in meat and poultry, is the solution you need.

How It Works

BactoCEASE is a liquid antimicrobial designed to protect ready-to-eat meat and poultry products from Listeria monocytogenes. Traditionally, sodium lactate and sodium diacetate have been the industry’s food safety choices; however, these ingredients are used at a higher application rate, which in turn increases cost-in-use and negatively impacts the sensory attributes of the final product.

This propionic acid-based antimicrobial solution has been shown to extend product shelf-life more consistently in comparison to traditional lactate-based products and can therefore be used as an alternative to sodium lactate/diacetate solutions.

Why is this case? The relative inhibitory effect of commonly used organic acids demonstrates why propionate is more effective at inhibiting Listeria than acetate, lactate or citrate.¹

BactoCEASE Technical Downloads

Ready-to-eat meat, such as hot dogs, can pose food safety risks to consumers as they have the potential to harbor pathogenic bacteria, such as Listeria monocytogenes. BactoCEASE can penetrate the cell wall, thereby disrupting the normal physiology of the bacteria and thus inhibiting growth. See how it works in application.