Soluble in water (100 mg/ml - clear to slightly hazy solution).

• Aerobic Plate Count ≤1000 cfu/g
• Yeasts/Molds <100 cfu/g; Nitrogen ≥14%

Peptone is used in culture media in bacteriology, the growth requirements of most non fastidious organisms will be fulfilled by the range of amino acids, peptides and proteoses in this mixture.