Topic summary
Degree Brix
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Brix.
Refractometric
Refractometric Brix is used in the food industry for measuring the approximate amount of sugars in fruits, vegetables, fruit juices, wine, soft drinks and in the starch and sugar manufacturing industry. Different countries use the scales in different industries: In brewing, the UK uses specific gravity X 1000; Europe uses Plato degrees; and the US use a mix of specific gravity, degrees Brix, degrees Baumé, and degrees Plato. For fruit juices, 1.0 degree Brix is denoted as 1.0% sugar by mass. This usually correlates well with perceived sweetness.