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XyRex© - Ice Active


XyRex© Ice-Active is the first product in the fishing industry to make your ice work better for you to make your catch worth more.

Please note Ice-Active can now be safely used with prawns inconjuction with Sodium Meta Bi Sulphite.


Ice is designed to slow the increase in bacteria growth by keeping it too cold for bugs to grow. After storage in ice, the bacteria count should be lower than in fish not stored in ice. XyRex© Ice-Active works by killing the bacteria that live and grow on fish hence ensuring that the bacteria level is lower making the ice work better. Better performing ice means better fish quality and better fish quality means better prices.

XyRex© Ice-Active is added to the water used to make the ice. This is a fully automated system using a dosing pump that adds a controlled amount of XyRex© Ice-Active per hour. The pump is wired to the ice machine control panel so that whenever the ice machine is switched on to make ice, the dosing pump will dose XyRex© Ice-Active at the set rate. The pump is set to dose at 1 Litre of XyRex© Ice-active. This would be added to make 1000kg of ice. That is a dilution rate of 1000:1. Fish contain millions of bacteria that rapidly grow on the fish after they are caught. The bacteria quickly spoil the fish reducing their ultimate value, which can be slowed if they are stored and handled properly and kept in ice.

XyRex© Ice-Active should be used in conjunction with XyRex© U500. XyRex© U500 is designed to kill the background bacteria in the handling and storage equipment and the bugs that come from the fish and the seawater. XyRex© Ice-Active is designed to kill the bacteria as it grows from reactions inside the fish during storage. With XyRex© U500 and XyRex© Ice-Active working together the reduction in bacteria levels is as much as 99.999% that is the same as having 100,000 times less bacteria than on untreated fish.

“XyRex© Ice-Active gave me the best prices for my catch as 8 day old XyRex© fish was as good as 2 day old ordinary fish. I make an extra Ł3000 per trip by using XyRex© Ice-Active. I always have my supply of XyRex© Ice-Active when my boat goes out.” Jimmy Thompson – Skipper the Minerva.




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