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Measuring the Color of Sausage Casings

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Do you have a source for color standards related to fruits and vegetables?

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ASTA Color and IC Color of Paprika and Oleoresin Spices

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How to determine Lycopene Concentration using a ColorFlex Tomato Meter

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Measuring the Color of Olive Oil

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What are the SCAA Roast Coffee Standards?

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Dried Distillers Grain (DDG)

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Measuring the Color of Sausage Casings

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Ken Phillips

The ColorFlex EZ (CFEZ) instrument is ideal for measuring certain food products. One such food based products that can be measured using the CFEZ is collagen sausage casings. Collagen is used as a meat casing because it is safe, versatile, cost effective, and is liked by consumers. Collagen casings are a manufactured product and generally […]

Posted in ColorFlex EZ, Food Tagged color of sausage, sausage casings Leave a comment

Do you have a source for color standards related to fruits and vegetables?

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Ken Phillips

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 […]

Posted in Food Tagged apple color comparator, cherry color comparator, fruit, fruits, lime color comparator, onion color comparator, peanut butter color comparator, pear color comparator, pistachio color comparator, tomator color comparator, USDA, USDA/AMS, vegetable, vegetables, visual color standards, walnut color comparator Leave a comment

ASTA Color and IC Color of Paprika and Oleoresin Spices

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Ken Phillips

“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 […]

Posted in Food Tagged American Spice Trade Association, ASTA, ASTA Color, ASTA Colour, contrast ratio opacity, IC Color, paprika, paprika color, Paprika Color Index, Paprika Colour Index 2 Comments

How to determine Lycopene Concentration using a ColorFlex Tomato Meter

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Ken Phillips

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 […]

Posted in ColorFlex EZ Tomato, Food Tagged CFEZ Tomato, ColorFlex Tomato, LI, lycopene, Lycopene Index 1 Comment

Measuring the Color of Olive Oil

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Ken Phillips

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 […]

Posted in Color and Appearance Theory, Food Tagged haze, olive oil, sediment Leave a comment

What are the SCAA Roast Coffee Standards?

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Ken Phillips

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, […]

Posted in ColorFlex EZ Coffee, Food Tagged coffee, ground coffee, roast coffee, SCAA Leave a comment

Dried Distillers Grain (DDG)

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Ken Phillips

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.

Posted in Food, Other Tagged DDG, DDG Color, Distillers Grain, Dried Distillers Grain, grain Leave a comment
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