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Hydrolysed Liver Powder (B9)
Rated 5.00 out of 5£4.20 – £1,814.99Price range: £4.20 through £1,814.99***THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY***This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThis hydrolysed liver powder is derived from chicken and is a great addition to any bait, great for pretty much any bait application. This highly attractive/Soluble liver powder has great palpability and nutritional properties hence being used in the fishing bait industry for as long as we can remember, definitely not one to be missed, especially during the colder months.
Recommended inclusion level is up to 100g per kg base mix, depending on other solubles being used within your mix.
Great multi-range product, useful for spod/stick/base/pellet mixes etc.
• Protein content: 58-60%
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Megagold 60/Maize Protein
Rated 5.00 out of 5£3.49 – £1,399.99Price range: £3.49 through £1,399.99***THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY***This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageMega-gold 60 is made from the only the highest protein fraction of maize making this gritty meal an attractive ingredient for any base mix, this fine meal has been used extensively in the aquaculture industry for some time partly due to it having a protein content of 60% and being extremely digestible. It can be easily recognised with its Bright Golden Yellow colour and will give baits a gritty crunch and flecked appearance at levels from 10%.
Recommend inclusion level is up to 20% – (200g) per kg base mix.
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Coarse/Carp Pellet Powder (Skretting)
£3.32 – £39.16Price range: £3.32 through £39.16***THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY***This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA fine powder made from grinding coarse/carp pellets, that can be added to all baiting solutions. It’s a great addition to method mixes, and ground baits.
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Crunchy Sweet Cereal Crumb
£7.99 – £689.99Price range: £7.99 through £689.99***THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY***This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageCrunchy Sweet Cereal Crumb is a new ingredient we have sourced which is great for adding to wide variety of mixes, including Active Mixes, Stick Mixes, Cloudy Spod Mixes, Groundbaits and even Base Mixes. Great for binding and also adds a very attractive sweet taste along with a Crunch factor along the way. We are confident that this is one will become very popular. Use up to 50% in groundbaits/stick mixes and up to 10% in boilie mixes.
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Flavour Enhancers
£4.33 – £4.57Price range: £4.33 through £4.57 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWe are pleased to offer our in-house flavour enhancers in 30ml bottles equipped with a spray lid. These products are not your typical flavours; they have been meticulously formulated using a diverse range of food-grade and feed-safe ingredients, including oleoresins, essential oils, premium liquid hydrolysates, NHDC sweetener, and our proprietary soluble amino acid stimulant. This results in premium, highly attractive flavour enhancers designed to deliver optimal performance.
All our flavours are focused on taste rather than aroma. Unlike formulations based solely on scent—created with completely different chemical compounds—our priority is crafting flavours that taste pleasant and authentic. While preferences vary, this approach reflects our commitment to delivering safe effective products.
In addition, we exclusively offer flavours that are feed-safe, ensuring their suitability for inclusion in animal feeds and other applications. Our flavour house adhere’s strictly to regulatory standards, which does require removing certain chemicals from time to time, these chemicals are removed from the food & feed register for a reason. We follow the experts guidance and prioritise safety for both humans and aquatic life.
These versatile flavour enhancers can be applied across a wide range of uses, including:
- Enhancing our in-house range of hookbaits
- Incorporating into ground baits and method mixes
- Flavouring liquids and dyes
- Adding to various baits or hookbaits
- Flavouring pellets
- Flavouring liquids and glugs
All our concentrated flavours are manufactured to the highest grade and quality standards available on the market. As with all concentrated liquids, proper handling—including use in well-ventilated areas and wearing safety glasses—is essential for safety.
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Limestone Flour
£2.07 – £7.49Price range: £2.07 through £7.49***THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY***This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLimestone flour will provide a firmness to finished baits along with a gritty texture that will give a bit of a crunch to the boilies, Limestone flour is also high in calcium and adds weight/density to baits allowing them to be thrown further with a throwing stick.
Recommend inclusion level is up to 15% – (150g) per kg base mix.
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Trout Pellet Powder (Skretting)
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Himalayan Rock Salt (2mm-5mm)
Rated 5.00 out of 5£2.89 – £26.49Price range: £2.89 through £26.49***THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY***This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageHimalayan pink rock salt contains 84 trace minerals, including: potassium, iron, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium, bicarbonate, bromide, borate, strontium, and fluoride and Magnesium, all vital minerals for maintaining good health. Carp often struggle getting enough of the minerals and elements Himalayan rock salt has to offer, making for a great addition to any bait especially during spring and after spawning. Use by many anglers in the fishing industry.
- Contains 84 trace minerals, including: potassium, iron and magnesium, all vital minerals for maintaining good health. As a natural product colours can vary from very pale pink to dark pink.
- 100% Unrefined, natural & pure, this food grade coarse pink Himalayan rock salt contains no preservatives or additives.
- Great multi-range product, useful for spod/stick/base mixes etc.





BetaCel-Yeast® (Premium)
£6.99 – £2,450.00Price range: £6.99 through £2,450.00
BetaCel-Yeast® (Premium)
Description
BetaCel Yeast® – Premium Deactivated Brewers’ Yeast Powder
NEW & IMPROVED – Higher Protein, Premium Brewing Heritage & Better Value
BetaCel Yeast® is our new premium-quality deactivated brewers’ yeast powder, produced from 100% pure Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sourced from a global leading producer of yeast powders and extracts, BetaCel Yeast® is derived from genuine traditional brewing using malted barley and hops, providing an excellent nutritional profile and valuable naturally occurring brewing compounds.
Following our own comparative testing against our long-established Brocacel® Yeast, BetaCel Yeast® came out on top, offering a higher measured protein content, a more pleasant overall taste in our own comparisons, distinctive brewing-derived characteristics and a cost saving for our customers.
Why Have We Introduced BetaCel Yeast®?
Brocacel® has always been a very good-quality yeast ingredient, and one we have been happy to supply for many years. However, at AA Baits, we are constantly looking for ways to improve the quality and value of the ingredients we offer.
Following comparative laboratory testing, we received the following protein results:
These are the actual results returned from the samples tested. As with any natural ingredient, nutritional values can vary slightly between production batches.
This means BetaCel Yeast® demonstrated approximately 12% more protein than Brocacel® in our comparative testing.
Alongside the higher protein result, BetaCel Yeast® offers a cost saving, making it an exciting addition to our range.
Understanding the Bitterness Levels – Why Is This Important?
One of the interesting findings from our comparative laboratory testing was the difference in measured bitterness levels between the two yeast products.
Our results showed:
This means BetaCel Yeast® recorded five times the measured bitterness of Brocacel® in our laboratory analysis.
However, it’s important to understand what these figures actually mean, particularly when it comes to taste, palatability and bait quality.
At AA Baits, we fully appreciate that taste and palatability are extremely important when developing high-quality fishing baits. The last thing we want is to introduce an ingredient that negatively affects the taste or acceptance of our formulations.
For this reason, we carried out our own direct taste comparisons between Brocacel® and BetaCel Yeast®.
Despite the difference in laboratory bitterness readings, we were unable to detect any noticeable additional bitterness in BetaCel Yeast®. In fact, we found BetaCel Yeast® to have a much more pleasant initial taste and aftertaste, making it our preferred product in our own side-by-side comparisons. We also tested other yeast powders that recorded zero measurable bitterness and had not been produced through traditional brewing using malted barley and hops. Despite having no measurable bitterness, we found both their initial taste and lingering aftertaste to be extremely unpleasant.
This highlights an important distinction: a laboratory bitterness measurement does not necessarily translate directly into how bitter an ingredient tastes, particularly when it is incorporated at relatively low inclusion levels within a complete bait formulation.
So Why Have We Highlighted the Bitterness Reading?
The reason we’ve included this information isn’t because we believe a more bitter bait is necessarily better. Instead, we consider it an interesting analytical characteristic that helps us understand the brewing origin and composition of the yeast.
BetaCel Yeast® originates from genuine traditional brewing using malted barley and hops, rather than simply being yeast grown on alternative fermentation substrates.
During the brewing process, hops contribute naturally occurring bitter compounds, including humulone (alpha acid), lupulone (beta acid) and related substances.
The bitterness level of brewery-derived yeast can be influenced by the quantity, variety and bittering intensity of the hops used, alongside the brewing and production processes themselves.
The higher bitterness reading in BetaCel Yeast® is consistent with its origins in a hop-rich brewing process and reflects an interesting difference in the brewing-derived characteristics of the two yeast products.
These hop-derived compounds are also of particular interest because of their recognised antioxidant and bacteriostatic properties under certain conditions.
Although the bitterness reading alone cannot establish the exact concentrations of these compounds or determine the quality of the original beer, it provides another useful insight into the characteristics of BetaCel Yeast® and its genuine brewing heritage.
What Does This Mean for Bait Makers?
Ultimately, what matters to us is the overall quality, nutritional value, taste and suitability of an ingredient, rather than any single laboratory figure.
Our own taste testing found BetaCel Yeast® to have a more pleasant overall taste than Brocacel®, with no noticeable increase in bitterness, despite its higher analytical reading.
It’s also worth remembering that brewers’ yeast is normally used as just one component of a complete bait formulation. Its contribution to the finished bait will depend on the inclusion rate and the other ingredients used.
For us, the bitterness measurement is simply another piece of analytical information that complements the more important advantages we have identified:
Genuine Brewery-Derived Yeast – Why the Source Matters
Not all yeast powders are produced in the same way, and we believe the origin of a yeast ingredient is just as important as its nutritional specification.
BetaCel Yeast® is sourced from genuine traditional brewing using malted barley and hops, rather than simply being yeast grown on an alternative fermentation substrate.
During the brewing process, the yeast comes into contact with naturally occurring compounds from both the malted barley and hops, contributing to its distinctive composition.
This can include valuable hop-derived bitter compounds alongside the nutritional components naturally present in the yeast itself.
Some yeast powders are produced using alternative fermentation substrates and different manufacturing processes. These can still be useful ingredients, but their composition may differ significantly from genuine brewery-derived yeast.
For this reason, we believe it is important to understand not just the protein content of a yeast powder, but also where it comes from, how it is produced and what naturally occurring compounds it contains.
Why Bitterness and Gluten Are Interesting Indicators
Two particularly interesting characteristics when assessing brewery-derived yeast are its measured bitterness and the presence of gluten.
Traditional brewing commonly uses malted barley, which naturally contains gluten-related proteins, while hops contribute characteristic bitter compounds.
When both are detected in a brewers’ yeast powder, they can provide useful supporting evidence of its brewing origin.
However, neither measurement alone proves how a yeast has been produced, which is why manufacturer traceability and confirmation of the production process are equally important.
In the case of BetaCel Yeast®, we have confirmation that the product originates from traditional brewing using malted barley and hops.
Combined with its measured bitterness, this gives us further confidence in the origin and characteristics of the ingredient we are supplying.
Naturally Rich in Valuable Yeast Nutrients
BetaCel Yeast® contains a range of naturally occurring nutritional components that make deactivated brewers’ yeast a valuable ingredient in modern bait formulations.
These include:
Premium Quality & Specialist Production
BetaCel Yeast® is manufactured by a global leading producer of yeast powders and extracts, using specialist production and processing technology.
The combination of genuine brewery-derived raw material, carefully controlled processing and an excellent nutritional specification makes BetaCel Yeast® a premium ingredient for use in boilies, groundbaits, stick mixes and other specialist fishing bait formulations.
Key Benefits of BetaCel Yeast®
The AA Baits Commitment to Quality
At AA Baits, we’re constantly striving to source the very best quality ingredients, not only to offer our customers premium products at competitive prices, but also to ensure that we use only the finest raw materials in our own in-house bait formulations and boilie production.
Our introduction of BetaCel Yeast® isn’t because Brocacel® is a poor-quality product — far from it. Brocacel® has always been an excellent yeast ingredient and one that many of our customers have used successfully for years.
For the time being, we will continue to offer both Brocacel® and BetaCel Yeast®, allowing customers to choose whichever product best suits their requirements.
However, following our comparative testing, we believe BetaCel Yeast® represents an exciting step forward.
With its higher measured protein content, excellent taste profile, genuine brewery-derived origin, valuable naturally occurring nutrients and more competitive price, we can see BetaCel Yeast® becoming our leading brewers’ yeast ingredient and the preferred choice for many bait makers.
BetaCel Yeast® – Genuine Brewery-Derived Quality, Higher Protein, Excellent Taste & Better Value.
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Buoyancy Ratios
15mm Hook Bait
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Mixing Ratios
Standard Mix (No Dye)
Standard Coloured Mix
Fluoro Mix
Pastel Mix
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Colour, Flavour & Mixing Guide
Overall Mixing Ratio
IMPORTANT: Always weigh both liquids and powders accurately using digital scales capable of measuring to at least 0.1g.
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When incorporating additional liquids or powdered additives such as flavours, oils, liquid foods, amino acids or powdered attractors, the ratio may require slight adjustment.
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Colour Inclusion
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Standard Colours
Fluoro Colours
White Colour
Pastel Colours
Iron Oxide Colours
Larger Batch Guide (Per 1kg Wafter Mix)
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Flavour Inclusion
Some flavours simply are not compatible with pop-up and wafter mixes and can significantly affect the binding properties of the dough.
If this occurs, try one of the following:
Some flavours can only be applied to the finished hook baits because they interfere with the binding process too much to be incorporated into the mix.
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Boiling Times
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15mm – 1½–2 minutes
18mm – 2–2.5 minutes
Drying & Storage
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Great multi-range product, useful for spod/stick/base mixes etc.
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Superseed Base Mix
*Now contains our newly soured feed stimulants.
Over the last few years, we have worked tremendously hard sourcing only the highest quality ingredients, liquids, and additives available from all over the globe. Many of our new products are now exclusive to AA Baits, which allows us to formulate and offer the very best, premium quality in-house mixes, available on the market. That being said, we do keep a handful of specially sourced products close to our chest, making our mixes stand out from the rest 😉. In order for all our customers to receive a premium mix at a very fair price, we have always supplied direct. Cutting out the middle man allows us to operate using all our finest ingredients and stimulants. This also allows our finest products to be used at optimal levels.
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