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Brix explanation
The Brix is an indicator of the quality of fruits and vegetables. The higher the brix, the better the flavor and the smaller the chance of rot.
Brix table of various fruits
Fruits | Poor | Average | Good | Excellent |
Apple | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
Avocado | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 |
Banana | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
Blueberry | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
Cantaloupe | 8 | 12 | 14 | 18 |
Casaba | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 |
Cherry | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 |
Coconut | 4 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
Grape | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 |
Grapefruit | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
Honeydew | 8 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
Kumquat | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Lemon | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
Lime | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Mango | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
Orange | 6 | 10 | 16 | 20 |
Papaya | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 |
Peach | 8 | 10 | 16 | 20 |
Pear | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
Pineapple | 12 | 14 | 20 | 22 |
Raisins | 65 | 75 | 78 | 85 |
Raspberry | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Strawberry | 8 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
Tomato | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
Watermelon | 8 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
Brix table of various vegetables
Vegetables | Poor | Average | Good | Excellent |
Asparagus | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Beet | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Bell pepper | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Broccoli | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Cabbage | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
Carrot | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 |
Cauliflower | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Celery | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Corn, stalk | 4 | 10 | 18 | 22 |
Corn, young | 6 | 10 | 18 | 24 |
Cow peas | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Endive | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Escarole | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
English peas | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
Field peas | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Green beans | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Hot pepper | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Kohlrabi | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Lettuce | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Onion | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Parsley | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Peanut | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Potato, Irish | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Potato, red | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Potato, sweet | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Romaine | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Rulabaga | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Squash | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
Sweet corn | 6 | 10 | 18 | 24 |
Turnip | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Brix table of various grasses
Grasses | Poor | Average | Good | Excellent |
Alfalfa | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 |
Grains | 8 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
Sorghum | 8 | 10 | 22 | 30 |