date:Oct 25, 2013
Felix Instruments, the Applied Food Science subsidiary of CID Bio-Science, is set to introduce a tool that can analyze fruit without affecting the actual fruit. The F-750 brix and dry matter meter, which can assess fruit maturity and skin color, will be available for purchase within the year.
Assessing the quality and maturation of fruit, at least for apples and pears, has largely relied on a starch test. That requires cutting the fruit in half and using iodine, which reacts to the starch cont