Shallot Holmes and the food detectives
Welcome to the "Shallot Holmes and the Food Detectives" blog
Shallot Holmes developed a name for himself already in his pre-teen years thanks to his sharp mind and investigative nature. He was the shallot that could most frequently discover who had just cut up another member of the onion community by carefully performing tears trace analysis on sleeping chefs. Shallot Holmes was inspired to officially pursue a career as a food detective when overhearing his parents discussing a notorious case of food fraud, mainly the addition of horse meat to lasagna that was supposed to contain ground beef only. Shallot Holmes is well educated in all methods used in food analytics.
Shallot Holmes post overview
A sticky situation: a client is afraid a blockage could grind their Pressurized Solvent Extraction to a halt
After a successful case helping a client monitor fructose in corn syrup, the detective’s joyous mood is suddenly interrupted as Shallot Holmes presents the team with the latest case.
How sweet: the detectives help a client monitor fructose with NIR technology
The detectives have a client in the US that is looking for some help setting up a corn processing factory. They have a ready supply of corn and wish to create High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) to sell to food and beverage producers.
Analyte Determination in Wine: Steam distillation vs. the barstool method
The detectives assist a friend who is trying her hand at viticulture. Now that the wine has been produced, a number of declarations need to be made regarding the volatile acid and alcohol content.
Corn Quality Confusion: Can NIR help save a corn processing enterprise?
The detectives head to China to solve a case regarding the quality of corn at a processing factory. A quality control inspector has found an inconsistency between the declared protein content and the amount of protein in a sample bought at the market.
