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
The detectives speed up their method for oil determination in oilseeds
The five detectives spent a long day trying to compliantly determine oil in oilseeds in a very hands-on client case. But Shallot Holmes was left displeased that although they performed their experiments compliantly, they had failed their customer’s requirement for speed.
The detectives contend with determining oil content in oilseeds
The private investigators get a new challenge from a client looking to quickly and compliantly determine oil in oilseeds. The detectives put their heads together and decide to demonstrate how to use economic continuous extraction for oil determination in soybean samples.
From bean to bar: the detectives break down quality control of chocolate
The detectives have been working so hard lately, Shallot Holmes was happy to give them a sweet break. In this treat of a post, the detectives solve a case on how to speed up quality control of chocolate, specifically through NIR analysis of fat and moisture content of ingredients, intermediate and final products.
The detectives get familiar with Raman spectroscopy, compare it to NIR
Following the successful conclusion of their first case, the detectives sit down for a quick introduction to other useful tools for future investigations. In their newest training, they enhance their knowledge of Raman spectroscopy and see how this technique complements the more commonly used NIR spectroscopy method for food testing.
