Easy Plate AC is a microbiological plate method that consists of a waterproof paper with a prefabricated dry medium and a transparent cover over the medium. The Easy Plate AC method is used to determine the content of aerobic bacteria in food as an alternative to microbiological methods (AOAC Official Method 966.23 and US Food and Drug Officials Bacteriological Analytical Manual Chapter 3).

The plates are compact, easy to use, and reduce the total amount of waste generated when using the test. The Easy-Plate-AC Method has been recognized by the AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested Methods SM (041302) for raw beef, raw ground beef, roast beef, raw pork, Chinese barbecue pork, bacon, ham, cooked pork sausage, frankfurter sausages, raw chicken, raw ground chicken, lettuce, blueberries, raw shrimp, raw salmon, raw tuna, pasteurized milk, natural cheese, and dry pet food.

No additional tools are required to prepare the plates for incubation. This is thanks to the hydrophobic ring around the cultivation area, which helps in the automatic distribution of the sample on the cultivation area.