Whether you’re processing beef or pork, Birko’s deep roots in intervention and sanitation product development allow us to provide innovative products that address many of the challenges you face every day.
Not sure which product or process is best for your plant? Contact your technical sales representative for assistance.
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Birko Antifoam 10 | 10% silicone antifoam best for non-aqueous environments. Not for use on microfiltration membranes; use Patco 376 or Liquik DF instead. |
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Birko Antifoam 100 | 100% silicone antifoam. Proprietary blend that prevents or kills foam immediately. Unlike other products, works equally well in oil- and water-based systems. |
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FOM-BLOC | 100% active non-silicone defoamer for inedible blood, non-edible food processing applications, scalding & dehairing. Great for dehairing machine. Good foam control for aqueous CIP systems. |
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Patco 376 | 100% vegetable oil-based defoamer. Suppresses foams from protein fats during production. Suitable for microfilters. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Beefxide | Lactic/Citric acid antimicrobial blend to spray on beef carcasses, organ meats, primals, cuts and trim. effective against E. coli and Salmonella. Suitable for use with natural and organic labels. |
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BirkoSide 15 | USDA- and FDA-approved 15% active PAA antimicrobial suitable for direct product application. |
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BirkoSide 22 | USDA- and FDA-approved 22% active PAA antimicrobial suitable for direct product application. |
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Birkoside MP-2 | USDA- and FDA-approved 15% active PAA antimicrobial suitable for direct product application. |
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Birkoside MP-3 | USDA- and FDA-approved 22% active PAA antimicrobial suitable for direct product application. |
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Lactic Acid | USDA approved antimicrobial for meat and poultry carcasses, primals, organs and trim |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Benefit VC62 | Versatile non-phosphate, low-foaming chlorinated cleaner |
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CL-33 | Economical chlorinated alkaline cleaner. Reduces alkalinity residues left on equipment. Optimized for use in facilities with hard water and high silicate water conditions. |
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Foam Chlor 535 | Our most popular general cleaning product. Economical chlorinated alkaline cleaner. Works well in high silicate waters. |
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Foam Force | Our heavy-duty, self-foaming chlorinated alkaline cleaner for greasy and hard-to-clean areas. |
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Hang Time | Similar to Foam Chlor 535 but formulated for extended dwell time on sloped and vertical surfaces. |
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Interest VC92 | Hard water tolerant, low foam chlorinated detergent. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Fomacid | Phosphoric acid blend. All-in-one cleaner and brightener. Strips hard water scale, protein, grease and dirt. Brightens equipment and tiled surfaces. Stable foam improves dwell time. |
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Pho-Free Acid Foam | Phosphate-free concentrated, foaming acid cleaner containing methane sulfonic |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Liquid Smokehouse Cleaner | One of the best self-foaming smoke house cleaners around, excellent on baked on soil and smoke residue. |
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Liquik 4 | Self foaming general purpose alkaline cleaner. Removes and stops rust. Rinses well. |
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Liquik 20 | Mild alkaline, solvent-based general purpose cleaner. Best for cleaning soft metals. Recommended for sanitation programs and as a truck and trailer wash. Great for removing - not masking - odors. Acceptable in federally-inspected facilities as a general purpose cleaner for use on all surfaces. |
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Liquik 30 | Foaming moderately alkaline cleaner with solvents. |
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Liquik 50 | Similar to Liquik 4 but with better risibility. |
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Liquik 250 | High caustic non-foaming CIP cleaner. Our best CIP equipment conditioner. Leaves very alkaline residue and promotes a great shine. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Pronto | Foaming version of Bru-R-Ez. Powdered oxygenated general purpose cleaner. Good for aluminum equipment such as smoke sticks, aluminum trolleys and trailers. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Alpet Q E2 Sanitizing Foam Soap | Quat sanitizing hand soap for foaming dispensers. |
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Big Red | Our most popular liquid hand soap. No Triclosan. A must have for your facility with multiple uses: hands, floors and equipment. Can be diluted to reduce costs |
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Challange | Economical, non-scented hand soap designed for use in all dispensers. |
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Little Red | Economical and mild hand soap designed for frequent use without irritation. Half the strength of Big Red. |
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Soft Care Impact Foam Instant Hand Sanitizer | Soft Care Impact is an alcohol based instant hand sanitizer enriched with skin conditioning emollients to keep skin soft and protect against irritation for even the most frequent users. Fragrance-free and dye-free, Soft Care Impact meets CDC, WHO, APIC and PHAC hand hygiene recommendations for Healthcare personnel hand rubs. NSF E-3 Certified for use in food handling facilities. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Birko D-Foam | Solidified silicone antifoam cakes for foam control in inedible rendering. Each cake provides 1 oz active ingredients per cake. Contains silicone - not for use on microfiltration membranes. |
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Genzolate | Tallow refining agent - improves color and reduces free fatty acid levels. Can also be used as a general purpose/skid resistant floor cleaner. Phosphate free. |
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Genzolate 3 | Tallow refining agent - improves color and reduces free fatty acid levels. Can also be used as a general purpose/skid resistant floor cleaner. Contains phosphates. |
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Synchlorozene | Designed as a 'time release' source of chlorine for treating hide-curing raceways. |
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Xlerator | Hide curing accelerator. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Prozap® Beef & Dairy RTU | Best fly killer on the market for exterior of plant. |
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Prozap® Aqueous Fly Spray | Best fly killer on the market. Acceptable in food processing areas. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Bi Tec 77H | Foaming mild enzyme powder. Works well for soaking parts and hoses, and for hand scrubbing equipment and exterior surfaces, floors and walls. |
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Bi Tec 77H/Bleach | Bi Tec 77H with sodium percarbonate (Acto 140) for deeper cleaning and bleaching. |
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Birko Bleach | Oxygenated, powdered laundry bleach. Won’t ruin colored fabrics. |
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Birko Sour | Laundry sour; also a very effective deep cleaning product for plant floors. Good concrete whitener. |
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Birko Surf | This concentrated surfactant blend provides the detergent and optical brightener components for large automated laundry operations. Use with our 5 part laundry system for best results. |
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Birko White | An economical liquid oxygen bleach for laundry operations. |
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Double X Lon | High alkaline liquid laundry cleaner. Preferred detergent for cotton. |
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Fashun | High alkaline, high builder laundry additive; most important liquid laundry system ingredient. |
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Liquik 77H | Concentrated, low alkalinity liquid laundry detergent with high foaming surfactants, non-toxic solvents, enzymes and optical brighteners. Intended to gently clean natural and synthetic fabrics for longer life and eliminates the need for a neutralizing sour. Excellent at removing blood, protein and lipids. |
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Liquilon | Low alkaline liquid laundry soap for removing soil from clothes. |
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Lon Chlor | 10% chlorine bleach for laundry |
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Monlaun #2 | Heavy-duty powder laundry detergent. |
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Monlaun #3 | Powdered detergent and oxygen bleach concentrate. Non-caustic. |
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Resolve | Liquid laundry sour with a buffer. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Canadian Purple Marking Ink | Specialty Ink - purple labeled for sale in Canada |
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Denaturant G | Premium quality green denaturant. An economical option that's very visible and can be diluted more than recommended amount to USDA satisfaction (up to 40 to 1). |
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Liquik Char | Charcoal-based black denaturant. Dilute 10 to 1. |
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Marking Ink, Brown | Specialty ink, brown |
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Marking Ink, Green | Specialty ink, green |
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Marking Ink, Purple | Specialty ink, purple. The primary ink use for stamping and grading red meat. |
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Marking Ink, Purple QD | Specialty ink, purple, quick drying. Used primarily for stamping and grading red meat. |
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Marking Ink, Red | Specialty ink, red. The primary ink used for stamping and grading poultry. |
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Marking Ink, Red QD | Specialty ink, red, quick drying. Used primarily for stamping and grading poultry. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Acto 140 | The original - and still the best - powdered oxygen bleach for tripe and feet. Good for controlling microbial growth on floors and drains. Commonly called "peroxycarb." |
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Chameleon | Self-foaming surfactant for use with acid or alkaline cleaners; also a stand alone cleaner. |
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Pow Quat | Powdered quat-based floor cleaner with anti-slip. Sprinkle in entryways where a foamer can't be used. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Bi Tec 55H | Mild quat detergent cleaner. Spray and wipe clean. Guaranteed to kill odors. |
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Degrezer | Moderate foaming solvent and detergent. Use for any acid, neutral or alkaline application in greasy or fatty environments. |
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GC-161 | Spray and wipe cleaner for glass, chrome, counter tops, tile and carpet. A janitor in a jug! |
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Hi Cap 333 | Foaming cleaner and degreaser. Concentrated non-ionic surfactant for general cleaning of oily or greasy surfaces. |
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Hi Cap 771 | Foaming cleaner and degreaser. Good for defatting hide ringers and a raceway additive. Excellent at cleaning oil and greasy surfaces. |
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Liquik 2 Nu Blu | Our top high-foaming cleaner. Loosens and removes soil. Use for floors, hand washing dishes or personal equipment like rubber boots or plastic aprons. Similar to Dawn dish soap. |
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Liquik 5 | Our most popular neutral general purpose cleaner. Mild foaming. Good for hand washing too. |
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Neutra Foam | General purpose cleaner. Generates a lot of foam. |
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Neutra Foam C | Great foam booster for chlorinated products |
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Neutra Sol | Foam cleaner with solvents. The most versatile general purpose cleaner in our product line. Great refrigeration unit cleaner. |
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Pine AF | Pine-scented air freshener and deodorizer for non-food areas like locker rooms and lunch rooms and trash bins. Can use for light janitorial cleaning. |
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Pur-It-E | A quick-drying 70% isopropyl RTU alcohol cleaner. This cleaner meets EPA and CDC guidelines for spot cleaning in welfare areas and on water-sensitive equipment. |
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Surf-X | Designed to reduce foam and stable with chlorine bleach. Additive for sodium hydroxide (Caustic) cleaning CIP solution. |
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X-Puma | A non-foaming detergent additive for acid CIP cleaning |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Ac Tec 100 | Strong acid cleaner great for tough remedial scale removal. Must be followed with an alkaline rinse. |
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Acid Brite #2 | The best general purpose cleaner for clean-in-place (CIP), compatible with metals. Great at removing scale in facilities that use hard water. Conditions equipment. Gives you an additional bacteria shock treatment. |
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Kik Acid | Our strongest phosphoric/nitric acid blend for CIP applications. Great for demineralization and oxalate removal. |
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Pho-Free Acid CIP | Phosphate free non-foaming acid blend of nitric and methane sulfonic acids, intended for use as an acid CIP cleaner and hard water scale and beer stone remover in food and beverage facilities. |
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Shine A Line | The best product for getting a 'mirror' shine on equipment. Neutralizes soaps, removes hard water scale and rust. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Brute-4S | Use to boost alkalinity in cleaners and to neutralize wastewater. The strongest liquid caustic we sell. |
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Brute-LT | Same as Brute 4S but has a lower freeze point of 20°F. |
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CIP-erior | A built liquid CIP caustic cleaner that features outstanding cleaning performance on protein soils and other organic soils. |
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Cir Tec SP | The best powdered high alkaline CIP cleaner. |
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Cir-Q-Late | Use in federally-inspected facilities as a heavy-duty CIP cleaner. Leaves very little alkalinity residues on internal pipe surfaces. Conditions metals very well. One of our premiere cleaning products. Using this with Pur-Ox can reduce the need for acid cleaning in your plant. |
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Meta Tec 2C | Strong alkaline cleaner with superior rust removal and inhibition. No hard water control. Primarily used as a trolley/gambrel cleaner. |
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S.P. D. E. 33 | General purpose powdered alkaline cleaner. Formulated in 1953 and still a go-to product for plants. |
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Super Alkali | High alkaline, non-foaming CIP cleaner. Good for boil outs and pan washing. |
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Viking | Powdered high caustic cleaner. Premium alkaline trolley cleaner. Excellent rust removal and inhibition, and hard water control. Can use when both rust control and hard water scale elimination are needed. |
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WAY-VOS | Our most cost-effective heavy duty caustic CIP cleaner. Recycles well. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Bru-R-Ez | The best powdered cleaner on the market. Non-caustic cleaner safer on equipment, faster and more effective than caustic products. Intended for use with hot water, high soil in the plant. |
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Cell-R-Mastr | Safer on equipment, faster and more effective than caustic products. Use for CIP or hand scrubbing metals. Intended for lower soil conditions using cooler water. |
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Pow-R-Scrub | Works well as a non-foaming floor cleaner. Removes floor grease and streaks. Use where foam can't be tolerated (power floor scrubbers and commercial dishwashers). |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
10-Chlor | Great for boosting alkaline cleaners for removing protein soil. Helps keep belts and cutting boards white. EPA registered. |
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Ala Quat | Acid quat blend very effective as a second step on sanitizing rotations. Keeps black mold away. EPA registered. |
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Algae Guard | Inhibits growth of algae, mildew, slime, fungus and bacteria in drip pans. A necessity for Listeria control. |
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Alpet D2 | The best alcohol- and quat-based sanitizer for surfaces that can't get wet like electrical panels and hand tools. Sanitizes in 60 seconds and disinfects in 5 minutes. |
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Birk-Ox | Combination of Peroxyacetic Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide and Acetic Acid. EPA registered. Excellent post-rinse sanitizer for cleaned surfaces like equipment, drains, concrete floors. Is a “go to” product for controlling for Listeria. |
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Clean Front Iodine Blocks | Slow-dissolving iodine blocks great for floor drains and condensation trays. |
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Clean Front Iodine Drain Rings | Slow-dissolving iodine rings that reduce bacteria growth in drains. Eliminates odors that can occur in standing water pans and floor drains. |
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Dusan | Low foaming iodophor effective against a wide range of microorganisms |
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PeraSpray RTU | Ready to use 170ppm solution of PAA. Shelf-stable for over a year, Kosher and Organic Certified, it is a non-flammable quat-free alternative to alcohol-based sanitizers. Eliminates the hazards of mixing or handling the concentrated product. |
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Quadra-Quat | A 7.5% active, four-way quat sanitizer/disinfectant used for post rinse sanitizing. EPA registered. |
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Sun Brite Bleach | The same chlorine bleach you use in your home. |
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Ultra Disinfectant Cleaner Solution 1 & 2 | Two-part system used to prevent and remove biofilms. FDA approved. |
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Ultra-Quat | 4-way quat that keeps black mold away. Great for sanitizing floors, drains and walls. Can be used on processing equipment. EPA registered. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Birko White Oil | The white oil for oiling equipment after sanitation. OK for incidental food contact. |
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Diactolate | Citric acid. Use to neutralize and control pH. |
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Dioxy-Chlor | 7.5% sodium chlorite. Can dilute and use to rinse equipment. |
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Entry-Foam | Economical, foaming entryway cleaner. More effective than a quat product; has double the sustainable floor dwell vs. using a quat product. Good coverage as a boot cleaner. |
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Floor Chlor | Powdered chlorinated floor cleaner that helps remove proteinaceous and other soils. It is quat-free and contains an anti-slip agent for added traction on wet floors. |
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Freeze Kleen | Alcohol-based cleaner great for freezer and cooler floors. |
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Gre-Zof | Solvent-based cleaner to clean oil and grease in non-food processing areas. |
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Indicator Alcohol | Used in the tallow test kit to test free fatty acids. Has phenolphthalein already added. |
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Liquik Diactolate | Food grade Citric Acid. |
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NaOH, 0.25 N | Reagent for tallow test kit; use with Indicator alcohol. |
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PERAFOAM | Foam additive for peracetic acid. |
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Propylene Glycol F.G. | Uninhibited (no phosphate buffer). Perfect for "topping off" solutions. |
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Pur-Ox | 34% hydrogen peroxide for boosting alkaline cleaners. Excellent cleaner additive for high temperature CIP caustic cleaning in ovens, smokehouses, fryers, etc. |
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Rend-R-Aid FCC | Strong sulfuric acid blend. Suitable for wastewater neutralization and pH adjustment during in-edible rendering to facilitate oil and water separation. |
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Sewer Cleaner | High caustic sewer cleaner. Great for cleaning clogged sewer drains. Do not use in plastic pipes! |
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Sodium Bicarbonate | Food grade cleaner. Anti-slip agent. Great for floors. |
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Sodium Citrate | Food grade product for use as a specialty ingredient in food products. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Tigre | Use along with Toro for liquid trolley cleaning. This is the builder in the two-part system. Also makes an excellent smokehouse cleaner when used with Toro. |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Bril-AD | Alkaline additive for cleaning and scalding tripe. Great tripe buffer and conditioner. Tripe seems to “set up” better with its use. |
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Brillo | Excellent tripe cleaner and conditioner. Cost-effective stand alone cleaner. |
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Cir Scald | Best powdered foot wash on the market. Effective at removing hair on beef feet. |
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Liquik Bleach | Great for bleaching animal parts. 34% hydrogen peroxide. Can also use as a concentrated bleaching agent for laundry and/or cleaning adjunct in other applications where oxidation chemistry would be beneficial. |
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Nu Scald II | Double the strength of Nu Scald. |
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Tripe Wash 2P | A powdered tripe wash. Works great in conventional machines. |
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Tripe Wash 3A | A powdered tripe wash. Shortest wash time with lowest yields. |
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Tripe Wash C | A powdered tripe wash. Longest wash time with highest yields. |
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Tripe Wash S | The most economical tripe wash. Provides strong yields in good time. |
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Turkleen | Scaling agent and antifoam for turkey processing |
Product Name | Product Description | Safety Data Sheets |
Birkoil | A lubricant blend for hooks and trolleys. Use for minimal drip on the carcass. Lightest oil suitable for beef operations. Acceptable for incidental food contact. |
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Castor Lube C | Trolley oil concentrate; dilute up to 3 to 1 with white mineral oil. Acceptable for incidental contact with food. |
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Hydrolube | Trolley oil. Low viscosity, Not recommended for heavy carcasses - use for pork or lighter carcasses. Acceptable for incidental food contact. |
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Mare | Coupled with Brute-4S, makes a heavy duty detergent and an excellent smokehouse cleaner. |
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Slip-Pin | Trolley oil additive to improve lubricity and minimize dripping. Acceptable for incidental food contact. |
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Toro | Use along with Tigre for liquid trolley cleaning. This is the caustic or alkaline for the two part system. Also makes an excellent smokehouse cleaner when used with Tigre. |
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Trolleze | Your go-to trolley oil. Great overall trolley lubricant that can tolerate heavy loads. Leaves little rail residue. |
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Troll-In-One | A heavy-duty, single-shot trolley cleaner that includes an economical mixture of sodium hydroxide, wetting agents and chelators. |
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Ultra Lube | The premier trolley, gambrel and hook oil. Designed to maximize your cleaning and lubrication system, Resistant to alkaline cleaner dragout. Double or triple the tank life, without discoloration. |