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
Detectives discuss digestion differences to deduce the details of fat determination. Don’t dilly-dally; discover the details!
The detectives’ discussion of all the food they ate over the holiday period leads to an in-depth analysis of free and total fat determination. Shallot Holmes takes center stage to improve the detectives’ understanding of a critical process for their clients in the food and feed industry.
The detectives shine a light on Kjeldahl – Part 2: Steam distillation & Titration
The detectives continue their in-depth investigation into the age-old laboratory process – the Kjeldahl method. Having heard Shallot Holmes and Eggcule Poirot explain the importance of sample preparation and the digestion stage.
The detectives shine a light on Kjeldahl – Part 1: Sample preparation & Digestion
Having returned from the successful dioxin conference where the detectives got to grips with the determination of dioxins in fish; Shallot Holmes wonders if the detectives can also decode the mysteries of nitrogen and protein determination.
The food detectives attend a dioxins conference, determine dioxins in fish
The food detectives celebrate an important milestone by going to a dioxin conference. But things get really fishy afterwards. For them, this might be a good thing, as they get engaged in a case of determination of dioxins in fish.
