Chocolate temper meter

A chocolate temper meter is used to measure the presence of various types of the crystal forms IV, V in semi-molten cocoa butter in the preparation of well tempered chocolate. It works by measuring "the temperature of a standard weight of chocolate as it crystallizes when cooled in a controlled way."^[1]^[2] A modern, digital version, the Greer temper meter, can measure the degree of temper at any required time.^[3]

References

^ Padley, Fred B.; Fred B. Padley (1997). Lipid technologies and applications. CRC Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-8247-9838-3. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
^ Hartel, Richard W. (1998). "Phase Transitions in Chocolate and Coatings". In M. A. Rao, Richard W. Hartel (ed.). Phase/state transitions in foods: chemical, structural, and rheological changes. CRC Press. pp. 217–52. ISBN 978-0-8247-0179-6. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
^ Manley, Duncan J. R. (1998). Secondary processing in biscuit manufacturing: chocolate enrobing, moulding, sandwich creaming, icing, application of jam, marshmallow, caramel, troubleshooting tips, Volume 4. Woodhead. ISBN 978-1-85573-296-4.