Evaluates glucose levels in potatoes: This helps producers determine the best time to harvest, store, and process their potatoes for the best quality and color control during fry or crisping production [1, 2, 3].
Uses similar technology to diabetic blood sugar testing: The kit uses a meter and test strips to measure glucose levels, but it’s calibrated specifically for potatoes, not blood [3].
Requires a potato sample: At least 20 potato tubers are required for each test to ensure it’s representative of the entire batch [3].
GlucoLIS® Blue is a tool for potato producers to optimize their crops for making high-quality French fries and crisps.
Your field tool to measure the sugar content of tubers.
The Gluco-LIS® Blue toolkit includes:
- a strip reader
- a micro-pipette 30 cones for micro-pipette
- 100 strips
- 30 tubes containing the dilution agent
- 2 control solutions
- the procedure
- a guide book on “managing the sugars for high-quality potatoes”
- a user manual for the strip reader
- a correction table
- optional: a juice extracting press