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Montreal Gazette - Device sheds light on meat quality; New technique cuts out guess work

Published: 26 November 2010

A new scientific technique that uses light to detect premium meat could give Canadian food exporters a cut above the competition. Developed over the past five years by researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè, the technique allows the texture and moistness of pork cuts to be determined by measuring the wavelengths of light they emit.

"This is a very interesting and potentially profitable breakthrough," said lead researcher Michael Ngadi, a food scientist will º«¹úÂãÎè's Department of Bioresource Engineering. According to Ngadi, the technique involves spectroscopy, a technique that analyzes the wavelengths of visible and invisible light that are produced by matter.

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