ComBase: A Resource for Quantitative and Predictive Food Microbiology

ComBase Predictor chart

ComBase includes:

  • A systematically formatted database of quantified microbial responses to the food environment with more than 60,000 records
  • ComBase Predictor and Food Models – to predict the growth and inactivation of microorganisms in food

ComBase can be used for:

  • Informing the design of food safety risk management plans
  • Producing Food Safety Plans and HACCP plans
  • Reducing food waste
  • Assessing microbiological risk in foods

The ComBase Browser enables you to search thousands of microbial growth and survival curves that have been collated in research establishments and from publications

The ComBase Predictive Models are a collection of software tools based on ComBase data to predict the growth or inactivation of microorganisms

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