Colour measurement of edible vegetable fats
Pflanzliche Speisefette in festem Zustand, wie Kokosfett, Palmfett und Margarine, unterscheiden sich in Zusammensetzung und Verhalten bei Temperaturveränderungen. Während Kokos- und Palmfett von Natur aus fest sind, wird Margarine durch Emulgatoren und die gezielte Mischung aus pflanzlichen Ölen und gehärteten Fetten in eine streichfähige, feste Form gebracht. Sie enthält neben Fetten auch Wasser, Vitamine und manchmal Farbstoffe wie Beta-Carotin.
Farblich zeigen diese Fette teils deutliche Unterschiede: Kokosfett ist meist weiß und verändert seine Farbe kaum, Palmfett kann leicht gelblich sein. Margarine dagegen erscheint im kalten Zustand oft blasser und wird bei Zimmertemperatur intensiver gelb – besonders bei Sorten mit Beta-Carotin. Die Farbe gibt dabei Hinweise auf die Zusammensetzung, Frische und Qualität, kann sich aber auch durch Lagerbedingungen und Temperatur verändern.
Unsere Lösung für Speisefett:
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.
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The ColorFlex L2 is also available in Tomato and Coffee versions.
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Easy to use and precise
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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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