Currently, orange producers who sell into co-op channels get a hefty premium for higher brix fruit. Here is a snip from a newsletter that can help explain why...
Happy New Year! Rex said: "Of course if you are still in that "all food is the same" state of mind, then this report is meaningless. In that case you need to...
Rex, ... premium for higher brix fruit. Who is doing all this brixing? My food co-op certainly isn't. I don't think they've ever seen a refractometer. All...
... I was addressing the giant co-operatives that process juice. They deal in 1000's of tons (many dozens of tractor trailer loads each day). The State of...
Rex, ... sucked into the "Not From Concentrate" malarkey Why do you call it malarkey? Fresh squeezed is always best. ... from sand and seawater and no one...
Hello all, Arden Andersen says there is no junk food, it is either junk or food! One example I have had with a barley crop and brix readings was 8 brix during...
Hi. I am trying to make sense of this.I made some soy milk by soaking the beans, and grinding it in blender with hot water and boiling the milk afterwards...
... It means the dissolved solids in the solution you made up have the same refractive index as a 6 brix sugar solution would have. Motor oil doesn't have...
Disolved solids or suspended solids? what about proteins and fats? I did another test. this time I made rice milk. Rice has 0 sugar but has starches. Resulting...
Thomas I looked into the web site you refered to. Your reference was very interesting and it appeares that the solids I ended up with are mostly proteins (brix...
Hello, I have been so impressed with all the discussion here that I've bought a refractometer to begin my own research. The instructions that came with it...
... Sorry about the late response, but I was in Florida for a couple of weeks without any access to a computer. I agree that fresh squeezed is always best, but...
Worth reading if you have enough brix background to know that just because something is organically grown does not make it nutritionally superior. These people...
... A garlic press should help. I've found the Swiss models work pretty good. Is the name Zyliss? Someone showed me a Pampered Chef model last year that...
RE:Finally, you may want to think again about marmalade that uses citrus peel. I've looked under about a half million citrus trees and I've yet to see where...
excellent story Rex! I encounter 'organic farmers' at the farmers markets who have bug problems and when I mention soil health they roll their eyes and say "i...
Hi Rex, Just done a brix test on silage made from pasture I have been fertilising, and find a brix reading of 28 in the silage. Any comments on this would be...
Hello Rex, the only thing I found in your message was the word "test", Norm Cooper ... From: "RH" <brixman@...> To: <BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Guy, I am unaware of an "International" or "expanded" brix chart. I'm assuming you are thinking of values for the more rare fruit or veggies we don't see too...
Norm, Rex & others: If you opened that msg. , with the word "test" in the subject, you picked up the latest virus and it was sent to everyone on your...
... Mark, take a peek at the below and you'll see where I'm coming from with my paranoia about citrus peel. ... A new product was launched this summer (August...
Hello Rex, Early in the spring season, brix readings were about 8 on clover and 6 on rye grass, it was fertilised with various materials, and was laid up in...
... hey, if you or anyone else ever venture over to hawaii and wanna space to stay and extra fruit if in season in trade for a little higher brix type ...
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Jan 23, 2004 3:02 am
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Norm, could you scann this chart? I don't have the book and my funds for purchasing books is empty for this year. But the numbers on silage are of great...
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Jan 23, 2004 6:54 am
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:45:18 +0100, York-Th. Bayer <york.bayer@...> ... York, I found the chart where Norm said to look. I hope he's not offended, but I'm...
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