Quality Control with Brix Measurements
Determine sugar in a liquid by measuring its density
The application gives the method to measure Brix value of three sample series (orange, apple, and multivitamin juice) consecutively for quality control of sugar in liquids.
Background:
One direct way to measure sugar in a liquid is by measuring its density. The density is then converted into Brix % [w/w] and is compensated to 20.0 °C.
In quality control, the unit Brix is used to represent the amount of solid sugar in a liquid. However, strictly speaking, Brix % [w/w] is defined as the percent-weight containing only pure sucrose in water at 20.0 °C. However, the industry uses the Brix measurement somewhat loosely as a reference to measure any sweet solid in a product.
Brix [% w/w] = mass percent compensated to 20.0 °C
