PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL METHODS OF EVALUATION FOODS

Egg Quality Determined By A Planimeter Reading to Top

Cover an opened egg with a petri dish covered with cellophane. Outline the thick albumen on the cellophane. Determine the area with a standard planimeter.

REFERENCES to Top

Parsons, C.H. and L.D. Mink. 1937. The correlation of methods for measuring the interior quality of eggs. U.S. Egg and Poultry Magazine 43: 484.

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