Color measurement of edible vegetable fats
Vegetable edible fats and oils consist of fatty acids, are practically anhydrous and are liquid, solid or semi-solid.
They come from seeds, germs or fruits of plants, including the popular sunflower oil, linseed oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil and the solid coconut oil.
Different variations and mixtures make instrumental color measurement indispensable for maintaining quality and freshness.
In contrast to solid “blocks” of margarine and shortening, which are determined using a reflectance meter on which the sample is placed directly, oils are filled into cuvettes and measured in a transmission device.
Our solutions for cooking fat:
ColorFlex L2
Compact colorimetric station
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Many different Port Plates
Many Port Plates (13 mm, 19 mm, 25.4 mm, 31.8 mm) for many types of samples.
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Compact dimensions
With a weight of 2.75 kg and dimensions of 16 cm (height), 21 cm (width) and 24 cm (depth), the CFL2 is the ideal partner in the laboratory and production.
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Integrated Essentials 2.0 QC software
Colour location visualization, spectral curves, spectral data and PASS/FAIL with individual tolerances.
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45°/0° geometry
The CFL2 measures colour as the human eye sees it.
Every day.
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In many versions
The ColorFlex L2 is also available in Tomato and Coffee versions.
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Easy to use and precise
Support from Help Wizard.
Reduces training time, optimizes the workflow and increases your productivity.
Application example:
The task: The consistency of margarine and other vegetable fats does not allow them to be simply placed directly on the port for colour measurement, as their consistency is not 100% solid, but rather pasty or spreadable. For this reason, it is sometimes laboriously spread into sample cups for colour measurement, which have to be laboriously cleaned again after the measurement. This type of sample handling is complicated, time-consuming and easy to avoid with the new ColorFlex L2. The solution To measure the colour of a margarine block, HunterLab recommends either placing a pre-cut transparent carrier film on the aperture of the spectrophotometer or using a Petri dish. The measurement is...
Further information for you on this topic:
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ColorFlex L2 brochure
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Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.
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