In this research, kombucha tea was prepared using 5 different tea extracts and physicochemical and sensory analyses were made. The tea extracts used are black tea, green tea, sage, linden and mint, ...

We’re well into strawberry season now, but which punnets are the pick of the crop and which hit a sour note?

Discover how calf audits uncover growth gaps, improve efficiency and maximise dairy farm performance with practical, measurable changes.

Coconut water is popular worldwide, mainly because of its pleasant sensory characteristics, nutritional value and low calorie density. However, coconut water is a highly perishable product due to the ...

The Brix scale, derived from the refractive index of a solution at 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), is widely known. Originally, it was established by determining the weight percentage of sucrose ...

Calves with poor immunity have a lower chance of reaching first insemination and reduced conception rates, resulting in delayed age at first calving. This finding was from a recent study looking at ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

In 1960, Gilbert and Carol Helt purchased a farm in Dane, Wisconsin, and started milking 30 cows. Gilbert’s son, Dale, and his wife, Diane, purchased the farm in the late 1980s and updated the milking ...

Department of Food Engineering, Federal University of Ceara, Bloco 858, Campus do Pici, Fortaleza, Ceará CEP 60440-900, Brazil ...

Refractometers are versatile in their design and use, and are able to provide results as refractive indices, or in other cases, as direct measurements of parameters such as soluble solids, sugar ...

Soluble solids content (SSC) is a pivotal parameter for assessing tomato quality. Traditional measurement methods are both destructive and time-consuming. To enhance accuracy and efficiency in SSC ...