The CM-5 spectrophotometer is the flagship spectrophotometer model manufactured by Konica Minolta, as it features a top port for reflectance measurement and mid-compartment for liquid/transmittance measurement specialized for Food and Pharmaceutical industry, in fact, Konica Minolta CM-5 Spectrophotometer won the prestigious Asian Manufacturing Award for the category of Best Food/Beverage Safety & Testing wayback 2013… Read More »

Four years ago, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Institute of Science & Technology Research under the College of Biology conducted a research about ripening of fruits; Using a Konica Minolta CR-10 plus color reader, they constantly monitor the changes in color of these bananas each day to determine ripeness and how many days… Read More »

In the Automotive Industry, it is very important to them produce and maintain the great paint job finish for a mass production car they produced. As color speaks to quality of craftmanship in the plant, Color sells too. Such examples are the paint job of a car panel and its bumper. Now what happens when… Read More »

Probiotic Drinks are kind of beverages that contain live microorganisms that promotes health benefits when consumed by improving and restoring the gut flora. In the Philippines, probiotic drinks are very popular as it can be found in supermarkets, convenience store and even in ambulant sidewalk vendor. In related to color topic for this kind of… Read More »

Earlier this morning, I got some fresh milk and a piece of loaf bread. Yes, a Bread. Let me tell you something about this popular staple food around the globe. Bread is made from dough of flour by the process of baking. From large bakeries and bread manufacturers, you might be wondering how a piece… Read More »

Desiccated Coconut is a grated, dried (3% moisture content max.), and unsweetened fresh meat or kernel of a mature fruit of coconut. Dessicated Coconuts are graded by its cutting size, for example, fine grade and medium grade where fine grade is smaller particle size than the medium grade. Desiccated Coconut is ideal for use as… Read More »

Virgin Coconut Oil are oils which comes from coconut meat. The main difference between an ordinary coconut oil and virgin coconut oil (VCO) is the process of extraction. VCOs are produced using the cold process as such there is no heat applied when extraction is done. The absence of heat during extraction is very important… Read More »

INTRODUCTION Animal feed is a food grown or developed for livestock and poultry. Modern feeds are produced by carefully selecting and blending ingredients to provide highly nutritional diets that both maintain the health of the animals and increase quality of such end products as meat, milk or eggs. Ongoing improvement in animal diets have resulted… Read More »

Wheat Flour Flour color is an important commercial factor.   Color is associated with flour quality and is dictate by consumer.  Color is probably the most difficult and important test to be made on flour and millers continues to maximise their profits and yields in their milling process. AKernel ofWheat The kernel of wheat is… Read More »

Back in the early 80’s, Konica Minolta introduced the Chroma-Meters series; the first portable colour measurement instruments which suddenly made colour control, even for small and medium sized companies, possible and affordable, and thus became the global pioneer for portable colour measuring equipment. Since then, the Chroma-Meter series became a “defacto standard”, especially in the… Read More »