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Use The Brix Scale Below

to Measure Vegetable Quality
A brix scale helps you to
identify quality food. It
measures solids in the sap,
which includes sugars AND
valuable minerals and trace
minerals. Once you learn how
to test brix your fruits and
vegetables with a
Refractometer, you have the
tool you need to see if produce is of inferior, average, good, or excellent
quality.

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Brix testing is important for a number of reasons. A higher brix means

better flavor and better nutrient value. If you grow your own
produce, brixing your vegetables and fruits will let you compare your
garden produce to what you can buy in the store.
The brix of what you grow is directly related to the health of the
soil, so checking the brix of your plants against the brix scale below will
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Beets

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Bell Peppers

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Bilberry

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Blackberry

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Blueberries

12

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10

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Cabbage

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Carrots

12

18

Casaba

10

12

14

Cauliflower

10

Celery

10

12

Cherries

14

16

Coconut

10

12

14

Corn Stalks

14

20

Corn (Young)

10

18

24

Cow Peas

10

12

Cucumber

12

English Peas

10

12

14

Endive

10

Escarole

10

Field Pies

10

12

Grains

10

14

18

Grapes

12

16

20

Grapefruit

10

14

18

Green Beans

10

Honeydew

10

12

14

Herbs (most)

12+

Hot Peppers

10

Kohlrabi

10

12

Kumquat

10

Lemons

12

Lettuce

10

Limes

10

12

Mangos

10

14

Nectarines

12

16

20

Onions

10

Oranges

10

16

20

Papayas

10

18

22

Parsley

10

Passion Fruit

12

18

Peaches

10

14

18

Peanuts

10

Pears

10

12

14

Peas

10

12

12

14

20

22

Plums

12

16

20

Potatoes, Irish

Potatoes, Red

Potatoes, Sweet

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Raspberries

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14

Romaine

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Rutabagas

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Sorghum

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Squash

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Sweet Corn

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Tomatoes

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Turnips

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Watermelon

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Brixing at the Produce Stand

Some people actually take their
Refractometer to where the
produce market. Some items
are quite easy to get a sample to
brix, like cherries or grapes. For
others, you might have to
purchase one (like an apple or
potato) to brix it.
Using the brix scale as a reference
at a Farmers Market, you can
decide who you want to buy
from. This will send a strong message to venders that quality is
important to you, and with your Refractometer, you can tell just how
good the produce is.
To help raise the brix in my garden, I apply concentrated sea minerals.
Brixing measures the solids in the sap, including sugars and minerals,
and sea minerals are the best way I know to increase the amount of
trace minerals.

I hope that the above brix scale will help you in evaluating the quality of
vegetables and fruit. Click here for a free ebook with a wealth of
information on brixing. If you are interested in gardening, make
sure and visit my home page, Healthy Vegetable Gardening. If you want
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David Gancarz
great info will use this on future purchases
Reply Like Follow Post August 11 at 8:09am
Backyard Farm
Very good info. We have used a refractometer and a sea minerals
for years.
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Colin Attard
Great stuff.. Thanks!
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