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Basic Food Analysis Equipment. Appropriate equipment is essential for reliable and valid results. Equipment -- Mass (Weight). Electronic balance 100-gram mass Analytical balance. Electronic balance. Equipment -- Length.
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Basic Food Analysis Equipment Appropriate equipment is essential for reliable and valid results.
Equipment -- Mass (Weight) • Electronic balance • 100-gram mass • Analytical balance Electronic balance A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Length • The metric system is the common unit of measure used within the scientific community. • Ruler that measures length in centimeter and millimeter divisions A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Volume • Beakers • Graduated cylinders • Test tubes • Erlenmeyer flasks • Pipettes • Volumetric pipettes Graduated cylinder A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Temperature • Alcohol thermometer • Candy thermometer • Celsius thermometers • Bi-metallic stemmed thermometer • Thermocouple • Continuous read thermometer Note: Do not use GLASS thermometers. A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Time • An accurate stopwatch or clock • The stopwatch or clock must be able to measure time in seconds. A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- pH • Litmus paper • pH indicator strips • pH meter A1.01 --Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment – Water activity • Hand-held unit • Stationary unit A1.01 --Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Color • Colorimeter • Spectrophotometer • Hunterlab Color and Color Difference Meter A1.01 --Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Viscosity • Simple equipment • Stopwatch • Funnel • Bostwick Consistometer • Viscometer A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Refractometer • Used to measure sugar content of foods • Often used by growers to check sugar content of fruit before picking. A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment – Texture Analyzer • Simple equipment – knife and cutting board • Texture analyzer – multiple attachments to measure: • succulence of fruit • tenderness • force required to move a plunger a fixed distance through a food. A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment
Equipment -- Stretchability • Simple equipment • Fork • Ruler • Tensile stretch test equipment A1.01 -- Food Analysis Equipment