The BeFlat™ Degassing Jar is a patented, reusable sample-preparation tool designed to reduce dissolved gas in beer, soda, hard seltzer, cider, sparkling beverages, and other gasified liquids before concentration or downstream analysis.
Carbonated beverages can release CO₂ during sample handling, creating bubbles and foam that may slow or disrupt concentration. BeFlat™ helps prepare these samples for more reliable and efficient CP Select™ processing, supporting faster microbiology workflows that concentrate bacteria and other spoilage organisms from large sample volumes before culture-based or molecular testing.
When paired with CP Select™ Concentration Tips and Wet Foam Elution™, BeFlat™ enables a streamlined carbonated beverage workflow:
Degas → Concentrate → Elute → Test
Benefits
Prepares carbonated beverages for CP Select™ concentration
Helps reduce bubbles, foam, and CO₂-related flow disruption
Supports beer-spoilage organism and beverage QC workflows
Useful before 0.45 µm or 0.2 µm CPT workflows
Reusable, autoclavable borosilicate glass jar
Supports culture-based or molecular downstream testing workflows
Streamlined Workflow
1 - Degas with BeFlat™
- Pour the carbonated beverage into the BeFlat™ Degassing Jar to release CO₂
2 - Concentrate with CP Select™
- Use the appropriate CPT Concentration Tip based on target and matrix behavior.
3 - Recover with Wet Foam Elution™
- Elute captured organisms into a small concentrate.
4 - Analyze
- Use the concentrate for culture, enrichment, qPCR/dPCR, sequencing, lateral flow, or other validated downstream methods.
Common Sample Types
Beer
Hard seltzer
Cider
Soda
Kombucha
Sparkling beverages
Carbonated water
Gasified product samples
Some in-process beverage samples
See Protocol for Degassing Beer and other Carbonated Beverages
