ppt课件-测量食品qualitywitha白利糖度计(折射计)（ measuring food qualitywitha brix meter(refractometer)）.pptVIP

Measuring Food Quality with a Brix Meter (refractometer) April 17, 2008 Larry Howard Bloomington Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation Brix – What is it? °Brix is the ratio of Total Soluble Solids (TSS) to water in solution 25° Bx = 25% TSS by weight (e.g. 25 grams of solids to 75 grams of water) The “sap”or juice squeezed from the leaves of plants contains mostly sugar molecules but also smaller amounts of minerals, amino acids, vitamins, plant hormones, and proteins. Brix – How is it measured? A refractometer – a device with a prism, a numeric scale and an eyepiece a 2-3 drops of plant