or the people
near it.
A 90-day pilot bringing the world’s first post-toxic cleaning system into the restaurant —
from dish pit to dining room.
A QUIET CRISIS IN EVERY KITCHEN
Line cooks and dish crews
breathe the most hazardous
air in the restaurant.
54%
higher asthma risk among cleaning and dish-pit workers vs. the general population.
1 pack/day
Sustained exposure to conventional BOH cleaners sanitizers, degreasers, oven cleaner causes lung damage comparable to a pack-a-day habit.
73%
of QSR and full-service operators cite BOH turnover as a top-three cost driver chemical handling is a leading complaint.
THE INDUSTRY’S OPEN SECRET
The chemicals cleaning your
food-contact surfaces aren’t
rated for food contact.
Quat sanitizers, chlorinated degreasers, oven strippers every one requires rinsing, dwell times, and PPE. On a Saturday rush, those controls break down. Residue ends up where the food is.
WHAT’S ON A TYPICAL PREP SURFACE, POST-CLEAN
RESIDUE SURVEY · 2023
Quaternary ammonium
Respiratory sensitizer · asthmagen
DETECTED
Chlorine (hypochlorite)
Forms chloramine with ammonia food residue
DETECTED
2-butoxyethanol
Common degreaser solvent · hepatotoxin
TRACE
Mother Ferment residue
Food-derived · GRAS-grade · edible if ingested
SAFE
THE INDUSTRY MISSED THIS
For 70 years, foodservice has cycled
between toxic and greenwashed.
PETROCHEMICAL
Effective but toxic, corrosive, highly hazardous.
Ecolab, Diversey, P&G Pro the incumbent standard, and the source of nearly every OSHA cleaning-chemical incident in foodservice.
“GREEN”
Marketed as safer. Often just diluted petrochemistry.
Many green cleaners emitted more VOCs than their petrochemical counterparts. Several contained undisclosed carcinogens.
BIOFERMENTED · POST-TOXIC
Not petrochemical. Not greenwashed. Fundamentally different.
An entirely new category built outside both legacy industries from food-derived, GRAS-grade ingredients.
The BOH chemical closet, reduced to three products.
From the dish pit to the dining room. From grease traps to high chairs.
01 · MF-01
All-Surface Concentrate
Prep tables to plate-ware.
1:32 CONCENTRATE
Replaces 5–8 cleaners. Stainless, cutting boards, glass, counters, front-of-house fixtures.
02 · MF-02
Advanced Antimicrobial
100× stronger than Lysol.
READY-TO-USE
5.69-log pathogen reduction. E. coli · Salmonella · Listeria · Staph.
03 · MF-03
Floor & Grease Stripper
Cuts grease, not crews.
DIRECT APPLICATION
No PPE, no fumes. Kitchen floors, hood filters, grease-trap adjacent safe during service.
TOXICITY · MEASURED, NOT MARKETED
1.7× safer
than table salt.
Mother Ferment tests into the highest global safety category “practically non-toxic” across all three products. No VOCs. No endocrine disruptors. No carcinogens. No skin sensitizers. Residue on a cutting board is food-safe.
- Zero VOCs
- Food-Contact Approved
- EPA 25(b) Exempt
- GRAS Ingredients Only
ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY · LD₅₀ COMPARISON
Oven Cleaner / Degreaser — HIGHLY TOXIC
Quat Sanitizer — MODERATE
Typical “Green” Cleaner — LOW
Table Salt (NaCl) — BASELINE
Mother Ferment — PRACTICALLY NON-TOXIC
LONGER BAR = SAFER. BASED ON ACUTE ORAL LD₅₀ VALUES · GHS CATEGORY 5
100×
Stronger than Lysol on foodborne pathogens with the safety profile of our all-purpose cleaner.
96%
Cleaning efficacy at a 1:32 dilution matches or beats Ecolab-class incumbents.
5.69 log
E. coli reduction (99.9998%). Independently verified by Eurofins Laboratories.
3 SKUs
Replaces 40+ legacy BOH and FOH chemicals across every surface in the house.