Fully robotic system AMP-6000
Can I provide my clients with a result in less than 6 days?
Yes, the AMP-6000 ensures butyric load results within 48 hours.
And can I offer results below 100 spores/l?
Yes. You will be able to offer counts as low as 14 spores/l.
Can I automate the quantification of butyric spores?
The AMP-6000 is a fully automated system. By working with this system you reduce workload and avoid inherent handling errors.
AMP 6000 Robotic system for butyric spore counting in milk (Clostridium)
- Automation, minimal sample handling
- Designed for high workload
- Two selectable detection levels, 30 spores/l or 75 spores/l
- Counts within 48 hours
- Fully computerised data management
- Real-time after-sales support via TeamViewer
- Different types of maintenance contracts
A fast, simple and safe process
BacTrac Multi Monitoring System
Can I determine in less than 6 days if I can use the milk to make my cheese?
Yes, BacTrac quantifies the optimal butyric quality for cheese production within 30 hours.
Can I quantify the yield of my bactofuge?
Yes, you can quantify in less than 30 hours the yield of your bactofugafora with BacTrac.
Can I do the total microbiological characterisation of my cheese in 30 hours?
Yes. Bactrac allows the complete microbiological characterisation of the cheese:
- E.Coli
- S.Aureus
- Listeria
- Salmonela
BacTrac butyric spore count in milk in less than 30h <400 spores/l
- Minimal sample preparation
- Designed for high workload
- Adaptable protocol for all types of products and matrices
- Ready to use analysis cells with quality certificate
- Fully computerised data management
- Software designed for LIMS
- Real-time after-sales support via TeamViewer
- Different types of maintenance contracts
A fast, simple and safe process
Unique method to quantify butyric spores easily and without instrumentation within 48h
Can I optimise the cleaning protocol of my livestock farm?
Yes, with the Midi MPN we can quantify the level of butyric spores directly related to the hygiene level of your farm.
How do I quantify it?
Midi MPN allows you to quantify in a very simple way and without instrumentation within 48 hours.
Can I add more value to my dairy production?
Yes. In France and Italy they are already paying per litre of milk according to butyric quality and the Midi MPN gives you the opportunity to get ahead of the new regulations that are about to be implemented in Spain.
MIDI MPN 86 spores/l in 48h with a unique method and without instrumentation.
Work protocol
- Milk/medium mixture with additive (12 ml / 4 ml)
- Pasteurisation of the sample
- Cooling to room temperature
- Pipetting 1 ml of mixture / tube (16 vials)
- Covering the tubes
- Anaerobic incubation
- Evaluation of colour change in tubes (<86 /> 3500 spores/l)
A fast, simple and safe process
Results
- Milk with less than 86 spores/l
- Milk with 86 spores/l
- Milk with more than 3500 spores/l
Dr. Álvarez de la Torre "Butyric contamination is the number 1 enemy for the cheese industry".
José Félix Álvarez de la Torre holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cum Laude Extraordinary Prize from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has been leading the Biotechnology team at Metrohm Hispania for more than 18 years.
What is the problem of butyric contamination in the cheese industry?
Butyric contamination causes swelling in cheeses, which forces them to be discarded or reused, causing serious economic damage.
It's not just that you have to throw it away, it's that disposing of it has very high costs.
What can be done to prevent bloating?
Currently, bactofugators are used to help reduce the butyric load, but it is a mechanical system and tends to fail a lot. Moreover, it is of little use if you don't know what the actual number of butyric spores is.
What about avoiding butyric contamination?
It is not easy to avoid butyric contamination. It is practically a matter of prevention, which has to be done at the farm level.
And is there no way to know the number of butyric spores?
The most widespread method does not give you a result until after 6 days, when it is too late to do anything.
And there is no other way?
Fortunately everything has changed now. A new method has just been developed that allows to detect loads below 400 es/l in less than 30h.
What does this new method mean for the industry?
Well... this method means a revolution. It will change everything. We go from working blind to having the process under control at all times. Moreover, it is totally automated. A real revolution.
How are the regulations at European level?
The main cheese producers such as Italy, France and Holland already pay for butyric quality.
And in Spain and Portugal?
Soon, it is much closer than we expect.