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A popular alternative to Star San is iodophor, which is an iodine-based sanitizer.
[http://masterbrewerspodcast.com/096-efficacy-of-sanitizers-in-the-brewery Elliot Parcells & Josh Pohlmann from Bells Brewery] tested the efficiency of various sanitizers to kill ''Lactobacillus'', ''Brettanomyces'', and diastatic strains of ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae''', and claimed that iodophor was ineffective at concentrations of 25 ppm, which is the maximum concentration of iodophor for it to be considered a no-rinse sanitizer. The methodology of this experiment has [https://suigenerisbrewing.com/index.php/2022/01/20/how-not-to-test-a-sanitizer/ received some criticism ] that might invalidate its results. They diluted yeast/bacteria cultures on a 1:10 ratio into iodophor, thus diluting the iodophor below its recommended dilution and exposing it to concentrations of microbes far beyond what it was designed to kill. Testing the ability to sterilize a bulk solution does not translate to the ability of the sanitizer to sanitize trace surface microbes after proper cleaning <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/2172245389470330/?comment_id=2172685769426292&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Dr. Bryan Heit. Milk The Funk Facebook thread on an MBAA podcast about the efficacy of iodohor as a sanitizer. 07/10/2018.]</ref>.
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