Sentence examples for brix scale from inspiring English sources

Years ago, cabernet grapes might be harvested at 23 or 24 on the Brix scale of sweetness.

Brix the Italian pointer dozes beside his master — she named him for the Brix scale, which measures the sugar level in grapes.

Bananas and melons can measure around 12 to 14 on the Brix scale, along with tomatoes, sweet potatoes, English peas, beets, broccoli, celery and cucumbers.

Where grapes 20 years ago were considered ripe if they achieved 23 or 24 on the Brix scale for measuring sugar content, producers of ripe pinot noirs today aim for a minimum of 28, 29 or even 30 Brix.

A food's sugar content is measured on a Brix scale (named after Adolf Brix, the German chemist who first measured sugar in plant juice) — the higher the number, the sweeter the food.

For instance, sweet corn can average about 10 on the Brix scale, but can go as high as 24, putting it in the same range as grapes, oranges, papayas and pineapples.

Mr. Turner's syrup is bottled at a higher sugar content: 67 on the Brix measurement scale rather than the standard 66 (or 66.9 in Vermont).

6. Soluble solids (Brix).

Brix is still bothering me.

Brix however, does not seem convinced.

Oh, and Brix has fired her again.