Food & Fillers

Always Consistent:

The Nutri-fly® Guarantee

Each batch of Nutri-fly® is tested in our lab for quality using our proprietary food testing procedures to ensure high quality, consistent food every single time. Nutri-fly® eliminates the need to weigh out each and every ingredient, significantly narrowing the the margin of error when cooking media.

Nutri-fly® Formulations

Bloomington Formulation

The same exact recipe and ingredient composition that is used by the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. For consistency, most ingredients come from the manufacturers stated on the Stock Center’s website here.

Ingredients:

Yellow Cornmeal
Corn Syrup Solids
Inactive Nutritional Yeast
Drosophila Agar, Gelidium
Soy Flour

Molasses Formulation

The Nutri-fly® Molasses Formulation is based off of the Bloomington Stock Center’s Cornmeal, Molasses and Yeast Medium Recipe here.

Ingredients:

Yellow Cornmeal
Molasses Solids
Inactive Nutritional Yeast
Drosophila Agar, Gelidium

Droso-Filler™

Saves Time

Fill a full tray of 100 vials or a full tray of 25 bottles all at once! Never fill up an individual vessel by hand again

5 Year Warranty

Backed by a 5 year warranty and a 90 day full refund return policy so your satisfaction is guaranteed

3 Size Options

Available in 3 sizes to fill either a full tray of 100 narrow vials, 100 wide vials, or 25 square bottom bottles at a time

Upgrade Your Old Filler

We sell replacement O-rings, springs and Teflon slider plates. Replace those parts and your filler is like new again!

Individual Fly Food Ingredients

Dextrose

Dextrose monohydrate is a nutritive sweetener ideal for Drosophila media. Dextrose is produced from corn starch.

Sucrose, Granulated

This food grade sucrose is white in color and has a sucrose content of not less than 99.85%. This is a granulated sugar ideal for Drosophila Media.

Malt Extract

Our malt extracts enhance the sweetness of your media and are subject to stringent quality control procedures to ensure high quality product.

Soy Flour

Our Soy Flour is an all natural, high-quality, cholesterol-free soy protein ingredient that contains virtually every essential amino acid.

Corn Syrup Solids

Corn syrup solid is an ideal substitute for liquid corn syrup. Compare to Karo used in Indiana University, Bloomington Drospohila Stock Center medium.

Cornmeal

Our yellow corn meal has been tested and approved by several reputable Drosophila laboratories and ensures consistency.

Molasses

Liquid molasses is a brown natural molasses blended with the flavor and aroma of fine imported unsulphured molasses. Available in 1 and 5 gallon units.

Molasses, Dry

Powder Molasses contains nothing artificial, and is ideal for use in liquid and dry conventional food applications.

Suggested Use: 90 grams per 1 liter batch.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Many Drosophila labs regard Apple Cider Vinegar as the best attractant for flytraps. This vinegar is distilled from grain with natural apple flavoring.

Tegosept

Apex Tegosept is widely used as a fly food preservative. Odorless and non-toxic, Tegosept acts against a broad spectrum of microorganisms.

Yeast

We offer both Inactive Dry Yeast and Active Dry yeast. These high-quality yeasts suit any Drosophila media kitchen’s needs.

Nutri-fly® Drosophila Agar

Our technical grade Drosophila agar (USP) is a staple ingredient in fly food. 100 mesh particle size. Lot-to-lot quality control processes assure consistency in your fly food.

Gel Strength Coefficient

Agar gel strength can vary from lot to lot. Since the gel strength is noted on the label of all Nutri-Fly® Drosophila agar, we strongly suggest that Drosophila media facilities seize the opportunity to use this information to ensure consistency in gelification of fly food. To do so, one must first “normalize” the food by noting the gel strength of an ideal batch. Then, use the following formula to account for varying gel strength to calculate the exact amount of agar you want to use in subsequent preparation: