FROM

BASIC TO
PRIME
NutriSelect® and GranuCult®
dehy drated culture media – according
to y our microbial testing needs

The life science business

of Merck operates as
MilliporeSigma in the
U.S. and Canada.
D ehy drated culture media

Designed to
meet your since 1892
needs
culture media raw materials
Since 18 92 w e’ v e been manufacturing high culture media
ingredients and today w e offer a w ide range of ingredients
for cell culture, fermentation and other dehy drated culture
formulations in granulated form. Many of our base materials

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are also av ailable in the conv enient granulated format. O ur
base material portfolio includes agar- agar, a v ariety of animal
and non- animal deriv ed peptones, a large range of ex tracts,
bile salts, gelatins, carbohy drates and
other base materials.

ov er
dehy drated culture

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media products
NutriSelect GranuCult
® ®
A s a global leader serv ing all
industries w ith culture media and
dehy drated culture
test solutions, w e can look back on
ov er 100 y ears of ex perience. O v er
O ur powdered culture media O ur granulated culture media media brands
the y ears, our specialists hav e gained
a w ealth of know ledge on regulations ur two new brands help you find the
and standards. These ex perts continuously culture media format to match y our needs.
scrutiniz e the comprehensiv e portfolio of The NutriSelect® brand cov ers our broad
more than 1, 000 dehy drated culture media that range of powdered culture media, w hile
w e maintain for ev ery need in q uality control, ensuring the G ranuCult® brand represents our superior
that w e keep up w ith the rapidly changing regulatory granulated culture media.
env ironments. W e striv e to offer our customers conv enient

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solutions, allow ing them to remain compliant w ith all the
current regulations. W hat’ s more, w e are constantly ex panding
our portfolio to stay up- to- date w ith changes in reference
standards. Bey ond industry , w e also serv e customers from
academia w ith a v ariety of media for fundamental research or
biotechnological applications. q uality
control lev els
Basic, plus and prime — our three Q C lev els
clearly indicate the degree to w hich our culture
media are compliant, making it easy for
1- stop- shop for y our culture media needs – you to find the dehydrated culture medium
v isit SigmaAldrich.com/DCM to match y our needs.
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simply choose
®
NutriSelect
powdered culture media Excellent granulation technology

The brand for our pow dered high- q uality y our dehy drated culture media O ur superior granulation technology prov ides max imum
conv enience and safety w hile meeting the highest industry
performance standards.
and cost efficient culture media, all made
from selected raw materials:

• A v ast range of media to choose from

• Many applications, from academic research to
QC levels NutriSelect® powdered culture media GranuCult® granulated culture media

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industry standards MQ Index 200-400

• Nov el media formulations, e.g. non- animal deriv ed prime NutriSelect® prime GranuCult® prime
> 70
alternatives egitone line , synthetically defined media, ®
GranuCult
Full compliance spectrum
chromogenic media ( ChromoSelect line) Select from 13 products that comply Select from ov er 7 0 products products
products
• Regulatory F & B and pharma w ith regulatory standards. according to regulatory standards.
industry standards granulated culture media
• Q C w ith G row th P romotion Test acc. to
regulatory standards ( I SO , F D A - BA M, EP , USP The brand for our superior granulated culture media,
and Q C under I SO 17 025 accreditation) SigmaAldrich.com/NutriSelect-Prime SigmaAldrich.com/GranuCult-Prime dev eloped w ith more than 100 y ears of ex perience:

MQ Index 100-200 Safe and sustainable due to reduced risks associated with fine

plus > 350 > 200

Standard industry QC
• Q uality control w ith G row th P romotion
Test acc. to industry standards
• Q uality assurance acc. to I SO
dust and tox ic substance inhalation, resulting in a safer w ork
NutriSelect® plus GranuCult® plus env ironment.
products products cellent wettability, solubility and free owing properties
Select from ov er 35 0 products Select from ov er 200 products
that meet industry standards. meeting industry standards. • Conv enient, w ith minimal component separation and clumping,
ev en under w arm or humid conditions
• H igh batch- to- batch reproducibility
9001 rolonged shelf life of up to five years
SigmaAldrich.com/NutriSelect-Plus SigmaAldrich.com/GranuCult-Plus

Setting MQ Index 100-200

• H igh number of test strains ex ceeding all regulatory demands

standards
• G ranulation technology allow ing many supplements to be
basic NutriSelect basic®
> 80
included, w ith no need to add these separately

Basic QC without compliance

Select from ov er 8 0 products products
We make compliance easy for you
Choose y our media ty pe and Q C lev el according to y our needs.
for all basic applications.
Culture media specialties
ou will find all the information on regulatory compliance with
They make rapid culture testing reliable: our ChromoCult® chromogenic
additional reference standards on the product label or technical • Basic Q C
culture media, ReadyCult® and FluoroCult® uorogenic culture media.
data sheet. The animal components w e use for our media • Q uality assurance acc. to I SO 9001 SigmaAldrich.com/NutriSelect-Basic Chromogenic or uorogenic substrates are digested by specific en ymes of certain target
( ex cept some deriv ed from milk) are ex clusiv ely sourced from
microorganisms, resulting in a change of color or in uorescence. Such substrates are at the
TSE/BSE- free countries and are in accordance w ith the
core of pow erful alternativ es to conv entional microbiological methods for the rapid and
highest safety standards as stated in our accompany ing QC = Quality control
sensitiv e detection of bacteria. Our specialty media have the same high quality as our
product documentation.
GranuCult® culture media.
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