Shallot Holmes and the food detectives
Welcome to the "Shallot Holmes and the Food Detectives" blog
Shallot Holmes developed a name for himself already in his pre-teen years thanks to his sharp mind and investigative nature. He was the shallot that could most frequently discover who had just cut up another member of the onion community by carefully performing tears trace analysis on sleeping chefs. Shallot Holmes was inspired to officially pursue a career as a food detective when overhearing his parents discussing a notorious case of food fraud, mainly the addition of horse meat to lasagna that was supposed to contain ground beef only. Shallot Holmes is well educated in all methods used in food analytics.
Shallot Holmes post overview
Real-time monitoring of pork fat melting
The detectives are challenged to find further use of food items and food waste in other industries. Inspired by the many recycling ideas of food circular economy, they take on a case of quality monitoring during the pork fat melting process.
How to use hydroxyproline to determine meat quality
A restaurant owner is accused of food fraud, precisely of claiming cheap meat is of high quality. The detectives jump into action and in no time help to prove her meat is highly certified quality.
Eggcule Poirot presents sample presentation options for NIR
The detectives take a deserved break from their case load for a quick tutorial on sample handling options for the NIR method. Eggcule Poirot attempts to explain different sample presentation and sample cup possibilities to his colleagues.
The detectives put up a fight against dioxins
The food detectives become more aware of the acute problem of the presence of pollutants in food items. They are more than happy to take on a case of dioxin analysis for a testing lab interested in analyzing food samples.
