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
NIR for quality control of sugar confectionary saves the holiday season
There’s a real emergency at the sugar confectionary factory. The analyzer used for monitoring of quality of ingredients and the final products has broken down and production of sweets has been brought to a halt.
The detectives fatten up their knowledge on fat extraction
The detectives are treated to an office Christmas party in true food detective fashion. Miss Mapple starts off the special day with a workshop on fat extraction, covering the overall process, different types of fat extraction techniques and a look into parameters that influence the method.
The detectives turn up the steam on alcohol determination in wine
After a very cheesy adventure, the detectives are ready to add wine to their portfolio. For the group of five, the only thing better than drinking wine might just be analyzing wine.
The detectives take the stink out of monitoring of cheese blending with NIR
Things get a little cheesy in the food detectives’ office as they tackle a case of quality control of cheese blending. Their client is interested in quick quality control of his cheese products, but still with results he can trust.
