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Spin Gel Clarification

June 9th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Agar

Posted by Dave Arnold
Purpose: Clarify difficult-to-clarify lime juice
Techniques Used: Gel clarification, centrifuging
The holy grail of clarification is lime juice.  Lime juice doesn’t last long enough to gel clarify, can’t be heated enough for traditional clarification, doesn’t filter well, and takes 48,000 g’s to spin in a centrifuge. In short, it’s a clarification guru’s nightmare.
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Corny Corn McCorn. The Corn Syrup King.

June 8th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Corn, centrifuge

Posted by Dave Arnold
Tomorrow the school is hosting a premiere party for the movie Food, Inc. The movie rightly comes out against the factory food system here in the U.S. Our dependence on monoculture corn is called out in particular. I thought it would be hilarious to serve some fancy-dan corn syrup at the party. [...]

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