Product Description

Texture Analyzer

Texturometer Or Texture Analyzer & Gelatin Gel Strength Test

The Agrosta®Texturometer Version 1 has been designed in order to provide to researchers a simple and reliable tool to determine : Freshness, spreadability Tenderness, Springiness, Gumminess, Hardness, Firmness, Consistency, Fracturability etc of a variety of Food Products and soft material.

- You select the stroke between 5, 10, 15 and 20 mm.

The machine applies automatically 1 movement, comes back, and applies a second pressure with same stroke and different speed. The first movement is for firmness measurement- The second pressure determines the springiness. The second pressure determines the springiness. Around 40 measurements aredisplayed and recorded for each pressure.The Texturometer displays a curve, and you can export those measurements to Excel.

Three factors are calculated :- -

• The maximal first pressure, which indicates the firmness / tenderness level

• The maximal second pressure, which indicates the capacity of the material to recover its origin configuration (Form memory

• The non-springiness index in percentage

• The curve profile indicates the gumminess of the material

A voltage booster has been embedded in this last version in order to keep accuracyeven with low battery levels of laptops or tabletsPressure capacity : from 300 grams to 10 Kg (Can be configured in Newtons and Lb)

Provided with :-

• A software for Windows XP, 7, 8, 10

• 2 Beakers

• One plate (You can chose to use a beaker or a plate)

• 5 different tips

• A power supply & a USB cable

• A certificate of conformity -A manual

It is also used as  

Gelatin Gel Strength Tester