Measuring the colour

of Bread

Colour is a vital component of baked goods like bread that determines the perception of the overall quality. HunterLab provides the colour measurement solutions required to meet the quality standards of visual perception for bread. Our unparalleled colour measurement instruments give producers quantitative standardization values to evaluate quality repeatedly and reduce wastage accurately.

Why measure the colour of bread?​

Improve visual appeal: Bread is manufactured from various sources, and even the slightest colour variation can reflect on the quality of the product. That is why colour control in the processing and development stages are crucial to the overall outcome.

Colour measurement can ensure you meet industry standards and customer expectations.

Colour measurement solutions that fit your needs - benchtop, inline and hand-held spectrophotometers

Colour can provide guidance regarding several quality parameters and ensure quality, streamline production, and maximize efficiency. Whether in a lab, plant, or on the go, HunterLab offers suitable colour measurement solutions, including benchtop, inline and hand-held spectrophotometers.

Take advantage of an easy-to-use, reliable colour measurement instrument to provide early warning signals, and ensure your quality control processes work seamlessly. HunterLab spectrophotometers thus help reduce wasted end products and improve your bottom-line revenue.

Better safety and accuracy: HunterLab offers the ONLY innovative non-contact benchtop spectrophotometer worldwide. Auto-height positioning enables colour measurement with better accuracy and safety, simplifying sample presentation, and eliminating possible contamination of either sensor or sample through contact. This also reduces sample clean-up time significantly.

Dynamic rotating sample platform provides the world’s largest measurement area:

With HunterLab Aeros, simply place the sample and hit measure - samples automatically rotate beneath the smart sensor - 5 seconds, 35 measurements, 27.5 square inches of sample.

Say goodbye to manual errors and repetitive work: With an easy-to-use modern interface and the latest data communications features, our best-in-class spectrophotometers reduce the time and labor necessary to evaluate colour. Additionally, they come with colour measurement software that can store and recall thousands of standards, all the colour indices, and metrics you need, including CIE L*a*b* and Baking Contrast Units (BCU).

The data is displayed and stored digitally and can be fed into your Statistical Process Control (SPS) systems, facilitating more efficient workflows. These features accelerate the quality control process by shrinking the time to measure multiple samples.

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Check out these solutions for measuring the colour of bread

These are the colour-measuring instruments for bread that our customers are having remarkable success with:

The HunterLab Advantage

The HunterLab spectrophotometers are backed by over 70 years of innovation from the world’s most trusted colour quality experts.

Our spectrophotometers are valuable to any bread processing facility and can help users confidently create consistent, high-quality products. HunterLab instruments are well-known for measuring the correct colour of bread and setting standards to help you deliver better products than your competition.

To learn more about our products, contact our colour measurement expert today!