Measuring the Color
of Sliced Cheese
The world’s leading food manufacturers pay close attention to the color of their products because consumers eat first with their eyes. Their purchasing decisions are often based primarily on how the product looks and whether the appearance meets their expectations. This is especially true in milk products like cheese. HunterLab provides the ideal color measurement solutions to ensure that the finished product is visually delicious for the consumer and consistently flawless for the food producer. Our innovative color measuring instruments give producers quantitative values to accurately evaluate their quality.
Why measure the color of sliced cheese?
Milk products like cheese undergo strict quality checks. Any variation from their standard color is directly seen as bad quality by the consumer. Color influences consumers’ buying decisions and, in some cases, can shed light on the origins of the milk. Age of cheese, inclusions, and animal breed are just a few factors that could affect the color.
Manufacturers must adopt high-quality color measurement solutions to ensure color consistency throughout the cheese production process. This begins before mixing the ingredients to ensure everything has the correct L, a, b values. These technologies allow you to capture even the slightest color variations for a comprehensive picture of a product’s chromatic qualities and directly correlate color to discrete ingredients or process variables.

Once a formula has been perfected and moves into production, spectrophotometric monitoring of color throughout the production process ensures that your product stays within your chosen tolerance range to optimize appeal and marketability. By instantly alerting you to undesirable color variations, you can easily prevent the release of inferior products into the marketplace, preserving your brand reputation and guaranteeing that only products that meet your standards are introduced to consumers.
Check out these solutions for measuring the color of sliced cheese
These are the color measuring instruments for sliced cheese that our customers are having great success with:
The HunterLab Advantage
HunterLab has been a pioneer in the field of color measurement for over 70 years. Today, our sophisticated spectrophotometers are renowned throughout the food industry for their extraordinary accuracy, diverse applications, and user-friendly designs. When paired with our advanced color measurement software packages, HunterLab gives you unprecedented insight into your products and exponentially expands your color management abilities.
Contact us to learn more about our innovative technologies and world-class customer support services. Let us help you select the perfect color measurement solution for your needs.