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Young's Campden Tablets (50's)

Young's Campden Tablets (50's)

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A pack of 50 Young's Campden Tablets - a handy size for occasional wine and cider makers. Each tablet is sodium metabisulphite, used to guard must and finished wine against spoilage and oxidation, and to take the chlorine out of tap water.

Uses

  • Treat fruit must to suppress wild yeast and bacteria before pitching your yeast
  • Protect bottled wine and cider from oxidation
  • Dechlorinate brewing water to avoid medicinal off-flavours in beer
  • Tablet form, so each dose is already measured

Dose

  • 1 tablet per gallon of wine or cider
  • Half a tablet per 23 litres of water to remove chlorine

Crush and dissolve before adding - see the How to Use box for details.

Who it's for

Anyone making a few gallons of wine or cider a year, or a beer brewer treating tap water. Pair with potassium sorbate to stabilise a wine before back-sweetening, and with Young's Bentonite for clearer whites. Brew a lot? The 100 tablet pack works out handier.

Campden Tablets
How to Use
Dose
1 tablet per gallon
(4.5 litres)
Pack treats
50 gallons
50 tablets
Wait
24 hours
before adding yeast

Used for: Sterilises fruit must, protects wine and cider from oxidation and bacteria, and removes chlorine from tap water.

When: Must: 24 hours before the yeast. Wine/cider: at racking and just before bottling.

Step by step
1Crush the tablet(s) to a powder and dissolve in a little warm water, must or wine.
2Must: 1 tablet per gallon (4.5 litres), cover loosely and wait 24 hours before adding yeast.
3Finished wine or cider: 1 tablet per gallon at racking or bottling.
4Chlorine in tap water: half a tablet per 23 litres, left 24 hours.
Good to know: Adding yeast before the 24 hours are up badly slows fermentation. Contains sulphites - avoid breathing the fumes. No more than about 3 tablets per gallon over the wine's whole life.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Campden tablets per gallon?

One crushed tablet per gallon (4.5 litres) - at the start in the must, and again at racking or bottling.

How long do I wait before adding yeast?

24 hours. Add the yeast too soon and the sulphite will badly slow the fermentation.

Do they remove chlorine from tap water?

Yes - half a tablet per 23 litres, left for 24 hours.

Will Campden tablets stop fermentation?

Not on their own. To stop a finished wine re-fermenting after sweetening, use a Campden tablet together with potassium sorbate (wine stabiliser).