{"id":341676,"date":"2020-01-01T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterlab.de\/instrumental-color-measurement-of-butter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:59:31","slug":"instrumental-colour-measurement-of-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hunterlab.eu\/en\/instrumental-colour-measurement-of-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"Instrumental colour measurement of butter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#x201D;1&#x2033; _builder_version=&#x201D;4.16&#x2033; global_colors_info=&#x201D;{}&#x201D;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#x201D;4.16&#x2033; background_size=&#x201D;initial&#x201D; background_position=&#x201D;top_left&#x201D; background_repeat=&#x201D;repeat&#x201D; locked=&#x201D;off&#x201D; global_colors_info=&#x201D;{}&#x201D;][et_pb_column type=&#x201D;4_4&#x2033; _builder_version=&#x201D;4.16&#x2033; custom_padding=&#x201D;|||&#x201D; global_colors_info=&#x201D;{}&#x201D; custom_padding__hover=&#x201D;|||&#x201D;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#x201D;4.24.3&#x2033; text_font_size=&#x201D;18px&#x201D; header_3_font=&#x201D;||||||||&#x201D; background_size=&#x201D;initial&#x201D; background_position=&#x201D;top_left&#x201D; background_repeat=&#x201D;repeat&#x201D; global_colors_info=&#x201D;{}&#x201D;]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-283189 alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterlab.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/HunterLab-Farbmessgeraet-mieten-leihen_w-2880w-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"HunterLab-colorimeter-rental-rental\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"\/><strong>The task<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The consistency of butter does not allow it to be simply placed on an aperture for color measurement, as this would contaminate the sensitive measuring device. For this reason, it is often laboriously coated in measuring cuvettes for color measurement, which have to be laboriously cleaned again after the measurement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For color measurement, HunterLab recommends simply placing a block of butter with a pre-cut transparent carrier film on the aperture of the ColorFlex EZ <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hunterlab.eu\/en\/glossar\/spectrophotometer\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spectrophotometer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#x201D;4.16&#x2033; background_size=&#x201D;initial&#x201D; background_position=&#x201D;top_left&#x201D; background_repeat=&#x201D;repeat&#x201D; locked=&#x201D;off&#x201D; global_colors_info=&#x201D;{}&#x201D;][et_pb_column type=&#x201D;4_4&#x2033; _builder_version=&#x201D;4.16&#x2033; custom_padding=&#x201D;|||&#x201D; 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