Pre-Weigh Plate Count Agar (PCA)
Pre-Weigh Plate Count Agar (PCA)
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Pre-Weigh Plate Count Agar (PCA)

Speed up your workflow when preparing medium for enumerating total viable counts in food, milk and dairy products with pre-weighed media sachets.
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PW0325-8L10 x Sachets for 8 L Medium
PW0325-1L20 x Sachets for 1 L Medium
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Speed up your workflow when preparing microbial culture medium for enumerating total viable counts (TVC) in food, milk and dairy products with Thermo Scientific™ Pre-weigh Plate Count Agar. The pre-weighed sachets of Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ dehydrated culture media are designed for single use when preparing 1 L or 8 L volumes of your medium. Save valuable time and start testing quickly by removing the requirement to weigh powder—just rip, tip and pour.
Pre-Weigh Plate Count Agar is equivalent to the medium recommended by the APHA1and the PHLS2 for the plate count of microorganisms in food, milk and other dairy products. It is part of a range of our most frequently used and well-characterized dehydrated culture media which is now available in handy pre-weighed foil packages.


Simply tear open the selected media sachet, add to the required volume of water, mix and autoclave as usual.
  • Efficient: choose from a full range of pre-weighed media formats for reduced hands-on prep time and maximum productivity
  • Convenient: ‘rip and tip’ sachets enable faster media production and simplified workflows
  • Compliant: proven and validated media formats deliver confidence and reliable performance
  • Productive: reduce routine dehydrated culture media handling and weighing to spend more time on value-added tasks.
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General References:

  1. American Public Health Association (1978) Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products. 14th Edn. APHA Inc. Washington, D.C.
  2. PHLS Standard methods for the Microbial Examination of Food and Dairy Samples (1999) Aerobic plate count at 30°C - F10 & F11.
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DescriptionPre-Weigh Plate Count Agar (PCA)
FormPowder
Product TypeAgar
Quantity10 x Sachets for 8 L Medium
Unit SizeEach