How does a Brix Meter help increase the sugar content of fruit?
The sugar meter mainly uses the phenomenon of refraction when light enters another medium from one medium, and the ratio of the sine of the incident angle is constant, and this ratio is called the refractive index. The refractive index of the sugar solution can be measured by using the direct ratio between the content of soluble substances in the sugar solution and the refractive index under normal circumstances, so that the sugar concentration can be calculated by the sugar meter. As a measuring instrument, the sugar content meter cannot directly increase the sugar content of fruits, but it can help fruit growers judge the timing and help produce fruits with higher sugar content.
Take watermelon as an example, a kind of fruit, but winter is not the season for planting watermelons. What is the secret to growing sweet watermelons in this out-of-season time? The out-of-season fruits in winter are mostly grown in plastic greenhouses, which simulate the summer climate, but there are always some differences. The taste of watermelons grown in winter and watermelons grown in a natural environment in summer is different, and the taste is not necessarily very sweet. In other words, the sugar content of watermelon is slightly poor and cannot be controlled. At this time, a sugar content meter can be used to help.
When growing watermelon in a greenhouse, you can use a sugar meter to detect the sugar content of the watermelon, and adjust the environment inside the greenhouse to make the sugar content of the fruit higher. Many experimental results also show that the sugar content of fruits is related to environmental factors such as sunshine time, temperature difference between day and night, and average temperature. At this time, you can use a sugar meter to reversely infer that the lack of sugar is related to environmental factors such as sunshine time, temperature difference between day and night, and average temperature, and then adjust some environmental factors to promote the increase in fruit sugar. For example, increasing the light time, increasing the indoor temperature, etc., can scientifically increase the sugar content of fruits.
At present, the sugar meter has been widely used in sugar, food, beverage and other industrial sectors as well as agricultural production and scientific research. Many domestic instrument companies have emerged and are committed to providing rapid detection solutions and suitable instruments for the concentration of various substances for enterprises in various industries. Help enterprises improve efficiency and enhance their own competitiveness. I believe that we will see more technological breakthroughs in the future.
