KIT FOR MEASURING DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION OF COOKING INSTRUMENTS AND COOKING INSTRUMENT CLEANING PROGRAM EVALUATION METHOD

摘要

In order to provide a method whereby a cleaning program for cooking instruments can be evaluated or improved, a cleaning program evaluation method and improvement method are provided that use an ATP and ADP measurement kit. This method includes: a step (i) in which cooking instruments are cleaned in accordance with a program; a step (ii) in which the kit is used and the degree of contamination is measured for the cleaned cooking instruments; a step (iii) in which the degree of contamination measured in step (ii) is compared with a reference prescribed by the program; a step (iv) in which an evaluation is made that the contamination was not adequately removed in cleaning step (i) or the cleaning step (i) is corrected, if the measured degree of contamination exceeds the reference prescribed by the program; and a step (v) in which steps (i)–(iv) are repeated until the degree of contamination is no more than the reference prescribed ty the program. The kit that is used may include: an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that generates ATP from ADP; luciferin; luciferase; and metal salts. The kit that is used may include: an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that generates ATP from AMP; an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that generates AMP from ADP; luciferin; luciferase; and metal salts.