Sanitising nylon straining bags
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but I'll offer up an answer
. Bringing water to a rolling boil ie 100 deg c is sufficient to inactivate pathogenic and spoilage organisms. To be clear this isn't sterilisation which is more difficult. For practical purposes because a mesh bag has very little heat capacity you can assume the temperature reflects water temperature. Personally my approach is to boil water in a kettle, stick whatever I'm looking to sanitise in a pyrex jug with the water and microwave it for a minute or two till it boils. This works for sugar solution for bottle priming as well.
https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/Boiling_water_01_15.pdf
Anna
but I'll offer up an answer. Bringing water to a rolling boil ie 100 deg c is sufficient to inactivate pathogenic and spoilage organisms. To be clear this isn't sterilisation which is more difficult. For practical purposes because a mesh bag has very little heat capacity you can assume the temperature reflects water temperature. Personally my approach is to boil water in a kettle, stick whatever I'm looking to sanitise in a pyrex jug with the water and microwave it for a minute or two till it boils. This works for sugar solution for bottle priming as well.https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/Boiling_water_01_15.pdf
Anna
I used to boil mine to death and had no problems doing that. Solvents also work...but some melt some materials..some just dunk in starsan...or radiation...
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