Measuring Ripeness in the Fruit and Vegetable Industry - Measuring Brix Using Refractometry

17 Mar 2014

A degree Brix, also known as °Brix, Brix, %Brix, is a unit of measurement for the sugar concentration of liquids. This application report presents refractometry as a suitable method for measuring the Brix value of fruit in order to determine ripeness.

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Food and Beverage AnalyzersFood and Beverage Analyzers are commonly used to provide information about the chemical composition, structure and physical properties of food materials.Food TestingFood testing refers to a variety experiments including PCR, mass spectrometry, processing, QuEChERS, analyzing and Kjeldahl.