This 3M Petrifilm Yeast and Mold Count Plate is a sample-ready-culture medium system that contains nutrients supplemented with antibiotics, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, and an indicator that facilitates yeast and mold enumeration. 3M Petrifilm YM Plates are used for the enumeration of yeast and mold in the food, beverage and bottled water industries.

Key Features and Benefits:

Results in 3-5 days
Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes
No pH adjustment is required
This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #997.02 for food
Food processors and contract labs worldwide trust 3M Petrifilm Plates to provide accurate, efficient, consistent results

3M Petriﬁlm Yeast and Mold Count Plate provides results between 3 to 5 days.

Yeasts are easily differentiated from molds on the plate:

Yeasts are typically indicated by small, blue green colonies with defined edges and no foci.
Molds are indicated by large, variably colored colonies with diffuse edges and center foci.

The 3M Petrifilm Plate Advantage

In today’s environment of heightened focus on food safety and increasingly stringent quality requirements, labs are under pressure to provide tests that are fast, reliable, and consistently accurate. 3M Petrifilm Plates have demonstrated consistent performance that has been cited globally with more than 200 certificates, recognitions, validations, and peer-reviewed publications. For more than 35 years, food safety professionals around the world have put their trust in 3M Petrifilm Plates. That’s because 3M Petrifilm Plates have streamlined, standardized, and simplified the process of microbial quantitative indicator testing, improving productivity and helping ensure the highest levels of product quality.