Yeast & Mold Count Plate

1. Product Overview

The ready-to-use FSTest Yeast & Mold Count Plate bypasses labor-intensive traditional methods, delivering accurate results in just 48-72 hours. A sensitive chromogenic indicator produces distinct blue-green colonies—larger radiating spots for molds and smaller round spots for yeasts—enabling rapid visual differentiation. This simplifies accurate enumeration (ideal range: 10-150) and intuitively signals sample overgrowth if the plate turns uniformly blue-green.

2. Key Benefits

• Fast Time-to-Result: Delivers accurate yeast and mold detection in just 48–72 hours, saving critical days compared to the traditional one-week incubation period.

• Ready-to-Use & Zero Media Prep: Eliminates the need for agar preparation, sterilization, and bulky lab equipment—simply inoculate, incubate, and read.

• Enhanced Accuracy & Clear Visuals: Advanced chromogenic enzyme technology amplifies colony visibility, ensuring distinct, easy-to-read colonies that minimize manual counting errors.

• Space & Cost Efficiency: Ultra-thin format requires 90% less storage and incubator space, lowering overall lab costs by 65% and boosting efficiency by 80% over traditional agar methods.

• Streamlined Lab Workflow: Drastically simplifies routine food safety testing, reducing manual labor and accelerating your quality control processes.

• Certified Performance & Reliability: Fully compliant with CE and ISO standards, guaranteeing dependable, high-quality results for strict food safety and quality assurance.

3. Technical Specifications

4. Applicable Sample Types

Ideal for quality control, hygiene audits, and routine release testing across diverse sectors:

Bakery & Confectionery Products Dairy Products & Milk Bottled Water & Water Samples Meat & Poultry Seafood & Marine Products    Pet Food & Raw Materials Fruits & Vegetables Prepared & Processed Foods Nutraceuticals Bakery & Confectionery Surface & Environmental Swabs

5. Test Procedure

6. Performance & Validation

• Target Specificity: Accurately detects yeast and mold by producing distinct blue-green colonies via a highly sensitive enzymatic chromogenic reaction.

• Known Assay Limitations: Some yeast strains (e.g., Candida albicans) may appear brownish-green rather than blue-green. Additionally, highly concentrated samples turn the entire plate blue-green (requiring further dilution), and airborne spores necessitate strict aseptic handling to prevent false positives.