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Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content
Started this discussion. Last reply by mark pennington Mar 27, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Hi Everybody, I am looking for a piece of equipment that will allow me to measure the fat content of Cocoa Powder. I am working on a tight budget, any advice? Many…Continue
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Mike replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"Seems like the most cost effective way is to send samples to a lab that already has the expensive equipment, then pay them per sample. Unless you have hundreds of samples, it will be orders of magnitude cheaper than buying analytical gear…"
Theobroma replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"Thank you all for you help, I appreciate it."
Sebastian replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"There are lots of pieces of equipment that you can push a button and get an answer. All of them are in excess of $30,000 USD."
Brad Churchill replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"I'm surprised nobody has asked this question: Why do you want to? Can you provide some background to the reason why you would need this information?"
Clay Gordon replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"Sebastian is right ... there is no inexpensive machinery to do this. You can either do the solvent extraction yourself (not recommended unless you are comfortable with bench chemistry and have the equipment already) or send it out to a lab for…"
Theobroma replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"Thanks for the advice.
But I was looking for something that would work at the push of a button.
Any manufactures come to mind?
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Sebastian replied to Theobroma's discussion Machine to Measure Cocoa Power Fat Content"There are no inexpensive pieces of equipment that i'm aware of that would give you fat results with a push of a button. If you're comfortable around wet chemistry and appropriately equipped you might consider a solvent wash to…"
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Hi Everybody, I am looking for a piece of equipment that will allow me to measure the fat content of Cocoa Powder. I am working on a tight budget, any advice? Many Thanks, Rajarajadarbari@hotmail.com See More
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