Herbstreith pectinometer

Limitations of the IFT SAG method with respect to pH have been demonstrated. Similar limitations have been reported by other laboratories (2). Since the Herbstreith Pectinometer and the Voland Stevens Texture Analyser have been developed recently, it could be of interest to see how the jelly characteristics measured by these Instruments correspond to the official results as expressed by IFT SAG. 

Figure 8 - Internal Strength vs. Pectin Dosage Using the Herbstreith Pectinometer...

This treatise wants to give a short but not necessarily complete overview of the standard rheological equipment of a modem laboratory in the food industry, starting off with purely empirical rheometers like the Ridgelimeter, the Pectinometer of Herbstreith Fox, and penetrometers, passing over to more sophisticated rheometers, capable to give fundamental data. 

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