Yeast Propagation Manager (YPM)
Intensive yet flexible yeast propagation is the basic requirement for successful yeast management. Short propagation cycles and high cell counts with maximum quality and production safety constitute stringent requirements for such a process and its control. The following article presents a highly flexible and user-friendly software solution for the targeted control and optimisation of yeast propagation. The product was developed by the company Gimbio in cooperation with Esau & Hueber and is based on a virtual system manager, the so-called Yeast Propagation Manager (YPM). It is already being successfully used at the AB-Inbev site in Munich (Franziskaner Weissbier, Löwenbräu and Spaten).