Testing facilities
Landseer can test various aspects of fruit quality
- Pressure
- Soluble Sugars
- Starch
- Respiration
- Ethylene
- Dry Matter
- Chlorophyll degredation
- Colour
Equipment
In our fully equipped Post harvest testing laboratory we have Fruit Texture Analysers,Three Gas Analyzers that measures levels of Ethylene, CO
2 and O
2 to maintain optimal produce quality, ICA 56 Ethylene monitors,, Shore metres, dehydrators and refractometers
The traditional method of measuring starch degradation as an indication of maturity has served us well over the years but modern technology has enable us to take a giant leap forward.
Landseer has developed a method of predicting the point when starch conversion starts to break thus allowing apple crops to picked on time for maximum storability
Comparison trials
Landseer specialised in devising and implementing a comparison trials for assessing new technology used in Fresh Produce . We hace run trials o
- Plums
- Broccoli
- Melons
- Bananas
- Tomatoes
- Cherries
- Strawberries
- Blueberies
- Pears
- Apples