Honey
1. Taking a sample
1. Taking a sample
Place 20-50 grams of sweet beans in a beaker and mix well with a plastic spoon. Apply 2 or 3 drops of sample onto the prism surface. For sweet beans with low water content, soften the sample as much as possible by kneading thoroughly.
*After measuring, wipe the prism with a wet tissue.
2. Measuring Method
2. Measuring Method
● Hand-Held Refractometers
1) Apply 2 or 3 drops of honey onto the prism. Close the daylight plate to spread the sample evenly over the prism surface.
2) Look through the eyepiece. Read the boundary line where the blue and the white color meet. This is the Brix (%).
3. Brix of honey samples
3. Brix of honey samples
70 ~ 88%
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