Author Archives: David Miller

Consistency in Peptone Manufacturing: Modern Methods Make a Difference

What factors impact peptone variability? Variability can be linked to at least two critical elements: the biological raw materials and the production site. Raw materials can vary by species of animal or plant sourced, type of components (specific animal tissues as opposed to standardized materials), and geographical origins. Feeding practices also can cause variability. Within a single manufacturer, interbatch variability can be linked to the condition and age of a production site, its level of automation and sophistication, optimized production…

Modern Peptone Manufacturing: Raising the Standard for Fermentation Substrates

Peptones from the Solabia Group represent the result of nearly 50 years of strategic activity and savoir-faire. As key components in industrial fermentation, they contribute to a range of products, from probiotics and vaccines to specific bacterial metabolites in cosmetics. Although they are often perceived as replaceable commodities with similar sounding names, that misconception can lead to significant problems. Peptones differ in sourcing as a function of a producer’s manufacturing experience, raw materials, and (most important) production site itself and…