Do you have a source for color standards related to fruits and vegetables?
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USDA/AMS is the most general source for visual color standards for fruits and vegetables and offers a catalogue of color comparators and equipment they have available. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market […]
ASTA Color and IC Color of Paprika and Oleoresin Spices
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“The pungency for red peppers and the color value for the paprikas are the most important parameters. Hot peppers, used as relishes, pickled or ground into a fine powder for use as spices, derive their pungency from the compound capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-enamide), a substance characterized by acrid and burning taste, that is located in the internal […]
How to determine Lycopene Concentration using a ColorFlex Tomato Meter
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Lycopene is the ‘redness” found in tomato products. In fresh red tomatoes, Lycopene occurs as the major pigment (Lycopersicon esculentum, 85 – 90%). Other pigments present are beta-carotene (10- 15%) and small quantities of about 10 other varieties of carotenoids. The outer skin of the tomato contains the highest concentration of lycopene. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips […]
Measuring the Color of Olive Oil
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Olive oil is produced by grinding whole olives and extracting the oil by mechanical or chemical means. Olive oil has a wide variety of applications cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, but most commonly is used in cooking. Can HunterLab instruments accurately determine the quality of olive oils quantitatively? Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years […]
What are the SCAA Roast Coffee Standards?
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The SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) has produced a series of eight visual color standards for roast classification of ground coffee. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, […]
Dried Distillers Grain (DDG)
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Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, focused on understanding customer needs, providing appropriate solutions and education, and helping to solve customer color challenges across these industries and cultures.
Measuring Citrus Juices
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Color is often used as an indication of quality and freshness for food products; this especially applies to orange juice where a red-orange color is preferred. The HunterLab ColorFlex EZ instrument is widely used in the citrus industry to objectively measure the color of juices. Originally citrus juice manufactures used subjective methods for evaluating sample […]