Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Watsonville, Kaleponi ʻo Driscoll's, kahi mea kūʻai aku i nā huaʻai hou, i ka lā 17 Pepeluali i ka hui pū ʻana me ka hui ʻenehana ʻenehana Consumer Physics e hoʻokumu i ka ʻIseraʻela no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna ʻenehana SCiO e hana hou i ke kaʻina ana o ka maikaʻi o Driscoll.
ʻO ka ʻenehana Near Infrared (NIR) a me ka hoʻolālā holomua i hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka Consumer Physics SCiO Cup e ʻae. ʻO Driscoll's e ana i ka Brix, a i ʻole ka ʻono o kāna mau huaʻai, i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a hiki i kāna Pūnaehana Uku Kūʻai, e ana a uku i kāna mau mea kanu kūʻokoʻa nāna e lawe mau i nā hua ʻono maikaʻi mai ka ʻohi ʻana i ka mea kūʻai.
"Ke ʻimi mau nei mākou i nā ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻono o kā mākou hua," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brie Reiter Smith, ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Driscoll o Quality Systems Design and Technology, Supply Chain. "ʻO ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka ʻenehana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka ʻono o ka ʻono i loko o kā mākou mau ʻano hua berry ponoʻī he mea nui i kā mākou hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kā mākou ʻike mea kūʻai aku. He hoʻoholo maʻalahi ka launa pū ʻana me Consumer Physics. ʻO kā lākou mea hoʻonaninani brix maikaʻi loa e hiki ai iā mākou ke uku i nā mea kanu kūʻokoʻa ma waena o kā mākou pūnaewele nāna e hāʻawi i nā hua ʻoi loa a maikaʻi loa. "
ka Pilikino mea kūʻai Kākoʻo ʻo SCiO Cup i nā polokalamu kapuaʻi e hāʻawi i nā loiloi lab-grade i nā polokalamu kelepona i kekona. Hiki ke hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻili piha o nā strawberries i kēlā me kēia SCiO Cup a nānā ʻia i ka manawa hoʻokahi, e hoʻopau ana i ka pono o nā mea nānā e koho i nā hua e ana no Brix. No nā raspberries, ʻeleʻele a me nā blueberries, ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua ʻeono auneke clamshells hiki ke ana ʻia i ka heluhelu hoʻokahi.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Driscoll e hoʻohui i nā polokalamu SCiO Cup i loko o kāna kaʻina ana ʻana i kēia mahina ma US, Mexico a me Kanada. Ma ka hopena o 2021, e hilinaʻi wale ʻo Driscoll i ka polokalamu SCiO Cup no nā ana Brix ma kahi o ʻelua miliona mau nānā maikaʻi i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i kā mākou ʻenehana i hāpai ʻia e Driscoll's," wahi a Damian Goldring, Co-founder a me CTO ma Consumer Physics. “Ua kūpono ia me ka hihia hoʻohana hou a Driscoll. Hāʻawi ka SCiO Cup i loko o kekona, pololei, kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻopōʻino ʻole ʻana i ka Brix i nā hua. Ke hoʻomohala nei mākou i kēia hopena me Driscoll's i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei a ua ʻike mua mākou i nā manawa hou e hoʻokō ai i kēia hopena ma waena o ke kaulahao lako o Driscoll i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Mai nā mea ʻike, nā ʻōnaehana akamai, hale waihona ʻikepili a me nā ʻikepili waiwai e nānā a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka huahana, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka mea hou ma waena o ke kaulahao lako a Driscoll. I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻomohala ka hui ʻo Driscoll's Quality Assurance i nā hiʻohiʻona analytical a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ka ʻoihana e hoʻoikaika i ka loli a mālama i ka pilikia. ʻO ke akamai a me ka ʻepekema o ka ulu ʻana ʻO ka Finest Berries ™ pū kekahi me kahi kūpaʻa hoʻolaʻa i kahi Delight Platform e ana a me nā uku e hāʻawi mau ana i nā hua ʻono maikaʻi loa mai ka ʻohi ʻana i ka mea kūʻai.
Ua hoʻolauna ʻia ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kahi Pūnaehana Hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi e uku hou aku i nā mea kanu kūʻokoʻa e ʻohi ana i nā hua ʻoi loa a maikaʻi loa i ka wā e hālāwai ana i nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka hou. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kēia ʻōnaehana ana maikaʻi, ua uku ʻia ka ʻohana o nā mea kanu kūʻokoʻa o Driscoll ma muli o kā lākou hana oʻo e pili ana i nā mea kanu me nā mea kanu like ma ka honua hoʻokahi. Kākoʻo pololei ka ʻenehana Consumer Physics i kēia hana ma ka ʻae ʻana i ke ana hoʻopau luku ʻole o nā degere Brix i wikiwiki, maʻalahi, pololei loa, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia a hāʻawi i ka ʻikepili manawa maoli me ka ʻole o ka pau ʻole.
He alakaʻi mākeke ʻo Driscoll's no nā strawberries hou, blueberries, raspberries a me nā ʻeleʻele. Me ka ʻoi aku o 100 mau makahiki o ka hoʻoilina mahiʻai, ʻo Driscoll's kahi paionia o ka ʻono berry a me ka inoa mea kūʻai hilinaʻi o Only the Finest Berries™. Me ka ʻoi aku o 900 mau mea kanu kūʻokoʻa a puni ka honua, hoʻomohala ʻo Driscoll's i nā ʻano hua hua patented kūʻokoʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hana hānau kūlohelohe wale nō e kālele ana i ka ulu ʻana i nā hua ʻono maikaʻi. He hui hoʻolaʻa o nā agronomists, breeders, sensory analysts, plant pathologists a me entomologists kōkua i ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu pēpē i ulu ʻia ma nā mahiʻai ʻohana kūloko. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Driscoll i nā mea kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, Australia, ʻEulopa a me Kina ma nā ʻāina he iwakāluakūmālua. Ma ke ʻano he ʻehā o nā hanauna ulu a he keiki na kekahi o nā mea hoʻokumu o Driscoll, lawelawe ʻo J. Miles Reiter ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele a me Luna Nui.
Hāʻawi ka Consumer Physics i nā hoʻonā hou i ka ʻoihana meaʻai a me nā ʻoihana. Hoʻohana ka hui i kāna mau mea kikoʻī kokoke i ka Infrared spectrometers a me kāna ʻōnaehana polokalamu kapuaʻi e hoʻomohala i nā hopena i hiki ke maʻalahi, maʻalahi e hana, wikiwiki a pololei hoʻi i ka lawe ʻana i nā loiloi waiwai mai ka lab a waiho ʻia i nā lima o nā mahiʻai, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, nā mea nānā a me nā mea hoʻohana ʻē aʻe ma ke kaulahao lako.