Jun 13, 2023 | Agriculture, Food, News
Welcome to the SpectraWizard’s annual Spectroscopy Summer BBQ! This summer we’re conducting a quality analysis of meats and fresh fruits using our ChemWiz-ADK NIR spectrometer and the ColorWiz VIS-NIR handheld systems. We use spectroscopy to check the...
Feb 15, 2023 | Agriculture, Application, Environmental, Food
Hyein Lee, Seon Woo Park, Meiyan Cui, Byungkwan Lee, Duy Minh Pham, Hyunseung Hwang & Changhoo Chun Abstract The lighting source is one of the most critical environmental elements in a plant factory for plant production. In this study, the narrow spectrum of blue...
Jul 20, 2022 | Application, Food, NIR
Wenya Wei, Huanhuan Li, Suleiman A. Haruna, Jizhong Wu, Quansheng Chen Abstract The quality of pork meat is vital since it is one of the most essential sources of proteins and other nutrients. Near-infrared spectroscopy via colorimetric sensor array (NIRS-CSA)...
Jul 18, 2022 | Application, Food, News, NIR
It’s summer, and like most people at this time of year, the SpectraWizard is excited about summer barbeques. In fact, he’s so excited that he’s hosting one and you are invited! What is on the menu you may ask? How does fresh pork and beef sound? Don’t worry –...
Jun 13, 2022 | Agriculture, Chemistry, Color Measurement, Food, News
StellarNet celebrates 30 years of “Developing Intelligence from Light”. Since 1992, StellarNet’s mini rugged spectrometers have been used all over the world in different spectroscopy applications. From analyzing the Sun’s spectral intensity...
Jun 10, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, Food, SpectroRadiometry, UV SpectroRadiometry
F. Takeda, W. Janisiewicz, B. Short, T. Leskey, A. Stager Abstract Alternative disease and pest management strategies are needed due to increased resistance by strawberry pathogens and arthropod pests to currently used synthetic pesticides and increasing consumer...