What is the difference between FreeBact® and other products, such as chlorine?
Xinix products inactivate ALL viruses, fungi & bacteria such as E-Coli, Legionella, Salmonella, SARS-COVID and Clostridium.
FreeBact® Water | Drink & Tank
The big difference between our product and, for example, chlorine-based products is that with FreeBact® Water, you only ingest a barely traceable amount of common salt as a residual product.
It doesn't taste like a swimming pool & you don't ingest any chemicals (unlike, for example, chlorine tablets).
Chlorine-based disinfection of water and surfaces takes time. Bacteria can also build up resistance to chlorine. It also requires a significantly larger amount of chlorine than the chlorine dioxide in Xinix products.
See comparison between Chlorine and Chlorine Dioxide.
FreeBact® Surface
You need very little, about half the volume, to disinfect surfaces compared to alcohol-based products, and it takes less than a minute.
Alcohol-based disinfection has no effect on naked viruses or spore-forming bacteria, which are a major cause of healthcare-associated infections that cause 4 deaths every day in Sweden. Alcohol-based disinfection products can also lead to chapped and strained hands, which in turn can cause problems with putting on protective gloves, as well as general discomfort.
Xinix products are approximately 5 times as effective as chlorine-based disinfectants and 3 times as effective as alcohol-based ones.
See diagram below for comparison with chlorine, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, clover extract, ozone, quats and colloidal silver.
[Sources at the end of the page]
Xinix FreeBact® Water and Xinix FreeBact® Surface / Chlorine dioxide
✅ Low toxicity [1, 2]
✅ Leaves no harmful chlorinated, organic by-products
✅ Aqueous solution; smooth on skin
✅ Very high activity against bacteria, fungi, yeasts, viruses [1, 3]
✅ Application on surfaces, water, hands, food [4]
✅ Leaves no smell or taste in water
Alcohol
❌ Brandfarliga vätskor (farliga föreningar)
❌ Ej lämplig för dricksvatten
❌ Låg aktivitet mot vissa virus (t.ex. Poliovirus, Hepatit A-virus, Humant enterovirus 71, Parvovirus) [8]
❌ Långsam till mycket långsam mot vissa bakteriesporer (t.ex. Bacillus) [9]
❌ Ej tillämplig på alla ytor (t.ex. gummi)
❌ Ej lämplig för desinfektion av vatten eller livsmedel
Klorin
❌ Leaves carcinogenic by-products in water (trihalomethanes) [5]
❌ Can chlorinate surfaces (e.g. food) / so-called ‘chlorine chicken’
❌ Decreased effect at higher pH values (above pH = 3) [6]
❌ Fails against Cryptosporidium sp. (disease-causing protozoon) [7]
❌ Dangerous to apply as gas (pressure cylinder)
❌ Leaves strong chlorine smell/taste
Klöverextrakt (Trifolium sp.)
❌ Can be poisonous (red clover poisoning in horses)
❌ Only useful as antibiotic (medical regulation) not as disinfectant
❌ Very high concentrations necessary [15]
❌ Expensive
❌ Not in BPR review program as biocidal active substance
❌ Not active against Shigella and Pseudomonas species (harmful bacteria) [15]
Kolloidalt silver
❌ Toxic heavy metal
❌ Toxic ingredients within the formulation (e.g. surfactants)
❌ Environmental concern due to nanoparticles
❌ Expensive
❌ Can cause ‘argyria’ – permanent blue stain of skin [21]
❌ Not useful for water or food disinfection
Hydrogen peroxide
❌ Hazardous compound (transport regulation) [12]
❌ Bacteria have specific defense mechanism (enzyme: catalase) [11]
❌ High concentrations necessary (corrosive) [10]
❌ Low effect against C. albicans (infective yeast species) [13]
❌ Not useful for metal surfaces (stains)
❌ Incompatible with some surfaces (e.g. plastics, copper) [14]
Ozone
❌ Highly toxic, fatal if inhaled [16]
❌ Energy consuming [17]
❌ Difficult to apply (instrumentation) [17]
❌ Not compatible with certain materials (e.g. plastics)
❌ Not applicable for human use (e.g. hands)
❌ Low water solubility (1 ppm at 0˚C) [18]
Quats
❌ Chronic environmental toxicity with long-lasting effects [19]
❌ Suspected to have reproductive toxicity [20]
❌ Cannot be applied to drinking water
❌ Expensive
❌ Environmental concern over synthesis by-products
❌ Not useful for water or food disinfection
Källor / Referenser
1. J.-W. Ma, B.-S. Huang, C.-W. Hsu, C.-W. Peng, M.-L. Cheng, J.-Y. Kao, T.-D. Way, H.-C. Yin 1, S.-S. Wang, Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of a Chlorine Dioxide Solution, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2017, 14, 329.
2. J. R. Lubbers, S. Chauan, J. R. Bianchine, Controlled clinical evaluations of chlorine dioxide, chlorite and chlorate in man, Environ. Health Perspect., 1982, 46, 57–62.
3. S.Yee, Y. C. Lim, C. F. Goh, Vijay Kotra, L. C. Ming, Efficacy of chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant, Prog. Microbes Mol. Biol., 2020; 3(1): a0000128.
4. S.K. Malka, M.-H. Park, Fresh Produce Safety and Quality: Chlorine Dioxide’s Role, Front. Plant Sci., Sec. Crop and Product Physiology, 2022.
5. cdc.gov/drinking-water/about/about-water-disinfection-with-chlorine-and-chloramine.html
6. pKs (HClO) = 7.53; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochlorous_acid
7. F. E. Adeyemo, G. Singh, P. Reddy, F. Bux, T. A. Stenström, Efficiency of chlorine and UV in the inactivation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in wastewater, PLoS One, 2019; 14(5): e0216040.
8. G.Kampf, Efficacy of ethanol against viruses in hand disinfection, J. Hosp. Infect., 2018, 98, 331-338.
9. P.Thomas, Long-term survival of Bacillus spores in alcohol and identification of 90% ethanol as relatively more spori/bactericidal, Curr. Microbiol., 2012, 64, 130-9.
10.L.E. Murdoch, L. Bailey, E. Banham, F. Watson, N.M.T. Adams, J. Chewins, Evaluating different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide in an automated room disinfection system, Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2016, 63, 178—182.
11. M.Baureder, R. Reimann, L. Hederstedt, Contribution of catalase to hydrogen peroxide resistance in Enterococcus faecalis, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2012, 331, 160–164.
13. B. M. Peters, R. M. Ward, H. S. Rane, S. A. Lee, M. C. Noverr, Efficacy of Ethanol against Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus Polymicrobial Biofilms, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 2013, 57, 74–82.
14. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide
15. A.V. Khan, Q. U. Ahmed, I. Shukla, A. A. Khan, Antibacterial activity of leaves extracts of Trifolium alexandrinum Linn. against pathogenic bacteria causing tropical diseases, Asian Pac. J. Trop. Biomed., 2012, 2, 189–194.
16. chem.echa.europa.eu/100.030.051/harmonised/5720000?searchText=ozone
18. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone
19. chem.echa.europa.eu/100.132.452/self-classified/5703941?searchText=quarternary%20ammonium
20. T. C. Hrubec, V. E. Melin, C. S. Shea, E. E. Ferguson, C. Garofola, C. M. Repine, T. W. Chapman, H. R. Patel, R. M. Razvi, J. E. Sugrue, H. Potineni, G. Magnin-Bissel, P. A. Hunt, Ambient and Dosed Exposure to Quaternary Ammonium Disinfectants Causes Neural Tube Defects in Rodents, Birth Defects Research, 109, 2017, 1166–1178.
21. J. J. Kim, L. McCulley, K. Konkel, I.-L. Diak, Cases of Argyria Associated With Colloidal Silver Use, Annals of Pharmacology, 2019, 53, 867-870.
