Verify milk pasteurization in 5 minutes

HYGIENA, a leading provider of microbial detection, monitoring and identification solutions, now offers the ZymoSnap ALP, an innovative designed to verify pasteurization efficiency in short shelf life dairy products within just five minutes.

The product has been specifically developed to offer reliable, definitive and repeatable results, even at low levels (25-100 mU/L), ensuring confidence in results. Featuring a convenient all-in-one design and requiring only minimal equipment, the system is simple to use without specialist knowledge or testing facilities. It has been independently validated by Campden BRI, the recognized provider of scientific, technical and advisory services to the food, drink and allied industries alkaline phosphatase (ALP) testing system.

According to the company, the product helps overcome industry challenges including relying on systems that demand high capital and running cost; use of unstable reagents and positive control leading to wastage, as well as the need for glassware.

The ZymoSnap ALP alkaline phosphatase (ALP) testing system

The new system offers a cost-effective solution via convenient disposable devices with a long shelf life. It enables testing to be performed at limits well below the globally recognized regulatory level of 350 mU/L. Utilizing Hygiena’s patented snap-valve technology, ZymoSnap ALP provides sensitive and reproducible results, while allowing users to meet their sustainability objectives by being a 100% recyclable test device. ZymoSnap ALP Positive Control Kit provides a reference point at the regulatory limit of liquid milk and validation of other dairy products.

“Manufacturers of dairy products are under constant pressure to demonstrate compliance with international safety and quality requirements. That’s why they need to regularly monitor and verify the efficiency of their pasteurization process,” says Dr Martin Easter, Chief Scientific Officer, Hygiena. “With this in mind, we have developed ZymoSnap ALP to enable tests to be carried out rapidly allowing for an immediate pass/fail assessment and trend analysis. It has never been easier or quicker to ensure that pasteurisation processes are operating efficiently.”

ZymoSnap ALP is compatible with Hygiena’s multifunctional EnSURE monitoring system, a high-sensitivity luminometer used to detect various indicators and bacteria such as coliform, E. coli and Enterobacteriaceae. Hygiena’s bespoke SureTrend software enables instruments to be programmed and results to be easily analysed and presented.