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Sample Preparation and Enrichment for Food Microbiology Testing

Media on demand. Productivity by design.

In food microbiology testing workflows, sample preparation and enrichment are critical steps between media preparation and detection. When enrichment media is a bottleneck, workflows slow down, staff time is pulled away from testing, and labs can struggle to keep pace with changing sample volumes.

 

The Thermo Scientific InstaFlux System is designed to help food testing laboratories simplify this step with a connected 10x concentrated media workflow. By combining InstaPrep 10x BPW concentrate, InstaDose gravimetric dosing and InstaFill media hydration, the system helps labs prepare enrichment media when it is needed and dose samples with confidence.

 

Instead of relying on traditional media preparation steps that can involve powder handling, autoclaving, large storage volumes and repeated manual tasks, InstaFlux helps streamline the transition from sample intake to enrichment. The result is a cleaner, more efficient workflow that supports productivity, consistency and traceability.

 

From high-throughput contract testing labs to food producers managing fluctuating sample demand, InstaFlux helps teams spend less time preparing media and more time processing samples for analysis.

The InstaFlux workflow is designed to help laboratories move from manual, resource-intensive media preparation to a faster, more controlled, and more traceable process.

InstaFlux combines 10x concentrated media, automated hydration, gravimetric dispensing, and barcode-driven traceability to help labs prepare enrichment media when they need it, with less hands-on time, less manual handling, and greater workflow confidence.

 

The workflow is designed to help labs achieve:

  • Efficiency: Helps lower costs per litre by reducing manual preparation, autoclaving, cleaning, storage burden, utilities, waste QC burden, and overall workflow complexity - for more efficient lab operations.
  • Traceability: Supports automated, barcode-driven, ISO-compliant traceability to strengthen documentation, consistency, LIMS integration and audit readiness
  • Safety and ease of use: Reduces manual handling of powders, hot liquids, heavy containers, and repetitive preparation steps.
  • Media on demand: Prepare enrichment media when needed to better manage fluctuating sample volumes and peak testing periods.
  • Designed for food safety laboratories: Built for contract testing labs and high-throughput food microbiology labs performing routine enrichment workflows, including Salmonella testing.

Connect sample preparation to detection

Sample enrichment is only one part of the food microbiology testing workflow. Once samples are enriched, Thermo Fisher Scientific offers downstream solutions for pathogen detection, chromogenic culture methods and confirmation workflows.

The InstaFlux system

InstaPrep 10x BPW media

Prepare 100 L of ready-to-use BPW from one compact 10 L hydrated bag, helping reduce storage space, packaging waste and manual handling. Designed for on-demand enrichment media preparation, InstaPrep BPW 10X supports consistent, ISO-aligned performance with less workflow variability.

InstaFill media hydration

Standardize hydration of InstaPrep 10X media bags with a controlled peristaltic pump workflow designed to support reproducible media preparation. InstaFill helps ensure consistent media concentration before sample dosing and can also support routine laboratory pumping applications.

InstaDose gravimetric sample preparation

Automate media dosing directly into sample bags with a gravimetric workflow designed for accuracy, consistency and ISO-aligned sample preparation. Barcode-enabled operation helps reduce manual steps, strengthen traceability and keep every sample preparation record audit-ready.

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.