BC-10 Baking Contrast Meter (Discontinued)

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The BC-10 Baking Contrast Meter is a handheld, portable colorimeter designed to evaluate the color of baked, fried, smoked, and processed foods, including crusts, crumbs, and ingredients. Capable of measuring color and lightness/darkness characteristics, this reliable instrument allows users to establish and meet color quality standards more efficiently, maintain consistency in each batch of material, and monitor the baking and production process more effectively. This makes the BC-10 ideal for food professionals within R&D, production, quality control, and culinary fields. In addition to meeting color quality standards and consumer expectations, waste is reduced and profits are increased.

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Features

Users can choose between the Baking Contrast Unit (BCU) mode to calculate a sample’s lightness or darkness values or L*a*b* mode to calculate a sample’s color values
Allows users to take as many measurements as needed and average their values
Ideal for measuring samples with texture or a lot of color variation
Displays color values clearly and accurately for easy interpretation of measurement results
Portable, handheld, lightweight design powered by battery or AC adapter
Simple, straightforward menus and buttons easily understood by new users

Specifications

Model	BC-10
Measurement Format	0.01-5.25 BCU
Measurement Area	8mm round
Measurement Time	0.7 seconds initial, 0.4 seconds continuous
Geometry	8° illumination Diffuse viewing
Size	2-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ 0.8 lbs. plus batteries
Power Requirements	4 AA batteries AC/DC Power Supply
Repeatability	Standard deviation within <ΔE*ab 0.1(Measurement conditions: average of measurements of standard white plate)
Statistical Capability	Minimum, Maximum, and Mean Computation on last 16 measurements
Output	RS-232C ASCII data output stream