Few things in this world are better than the comforting aroma of a freshly baked loaf of bread. The smell alone can be the influencing factor in whether someone will eat the bread — however, this marketing strategy is only possible in a bakery environment. At the grocery store, people rely on the appearance of a loaf to determine its quality.
Bread is a simple food but still contains several crucial factors for evaluation. The following internal features are often evaluated for bread quality and colour:
Customers will mainly look at the outside of a bread loaf when purchasing. Here are some of the external appearance factors they often judge:
Appearance analysis lets you ensure the bread your company creates stays consistent among batches. Bread consists of several ingredients that vary in colour and quality, affecting the finished product.
From the raw ingredients to the final batch, performing appearance analysis at every step is important. By doing this, you can catch and rectify any ingredient quality issues before they reach the final batch. Consistent quality ultimately helps you gain customers' trust and improve their experience with your brand.
Appearance analysis can be done quickly and efficiently using a spectrophotometer, aiding successful product attempts and reducing costs. At HunterLab, we have various colour measurement solutions to choose from that can best fit your lab and product.
For bread colour measurements, we recommend our MiniScan EZ 4500. This device is portable, allowing for easy one-handed scans of bread products. Its measuring technology displays colour data from commonly used colour scales and indices for accurate quantitative readings. It also stores up to 800 sample measurements and 100 standards to accommodate wide-reaching testing needs.
HunterLab can help your company maintain industry, safety, and quality standards for its bread products. We have been an industry leader in the spectrophotometry field for over seven decades, producing colour measurement devices with up-and-coming technology.
Find out for yourself why top baked goods producers such as General Mills trust us. Request a quote for one of our dynamic spectrophotometers today!
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