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Is Your Steak Squishy?

An Interview with Dr. Matthew Davenport

The concept of quality control within the food industry has many aspects, from maintaining visual appeal to texture and mouth feel...read more

Ready-To-Eat Meals: How To Perfect The Texture

An Interview with Dr. Ilaria Ferrari

Busy professionals on the go like nothing more than to sink their teeth into something that has appealing texture. Can ready-to-eat meals meet this challenge?...read more

Viscometer vs. Texture Analyzer

An Interview with Ross Clark

When does a viscometer make sense and when does a texture analyzer make sense? read more

Texture Analysis Anyone?

An Interview With Dr. Kathryn McCarthy

How are young food scientists being trained at university level in measurement methods that analyze flow behavior of food products?...read more

CUSTOMER CHALLENGE: How can we analyze the mayonnaise texture?

My questions are related to Mayonnaise, that are:

1. How can we analyze the mayonnaise texture?

2. At what temperature we should measure mayonnaise viscosity through offline Brookfield viscometer? (generally we cool mayonnaise from 29 degree Celsius to 25 Degree Celsius)

3. How can we reduce handling error for Viscosity measurement through Brookfield Viscometer?

BROOKFIELD ANSWERS: Thank you for your inquiry.

Viscosity measurement of mayonnaise has traditionally been accomplished with Brookfield T-Bar spindle and Helipath Stand accessory when using Brookfield viscometer with RV Torque Range. New methods allow for use of vane spindle with Brookfield DV3 Rheometer to measure the yield stress in mayonnaise as well as the viscosity.

Texture measurement of mayonnaise is performed with CT3 Texture Analyzer and choice of various fixtures, depending on the physical property of interest. The TA-STF measures spreadability. The TA-DEC measures extrusion. And the TA-MP measures consistency.

Go to the Brookfield website to see images of the above items: www.brookfieldengineering.com.

CUSTOMER CHALLENGE: How to Calculate Shear Rate

When I perform multiple cycle tests, I don't see the same results in stand alone mode that I see when using the software, why?

BROOKFIELD ANSWERS: When running a test consisting of multiple cycles you will get three results in standalone mode...read more

CUSTOMER CHALLENGE: Safe Temperature Range

We are occasionally asked, what is the safe temperature range for our texture probes?

BROOKFIELD ANSWERS: The answer depends upon which probe. Our plastic probes come in two types of material. They are clear acrylic and black delrin...read more