Refined sunflower oil

Refined sunflower oil is used for low-to-extremely-high-temperature cooking. As a frying oil, it behaves as a typical vegetable triglyceride. Unrefined sunflower oil is a traditional salad dressing in Eastern European cuisines. Sunflower oil is also an ingredient in sunflower butter

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REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL

Colour The oil shall be transparent without any sediment
Organoleptic Visual appearance: clear

Odour: light, free from abnormal smell or taste

Foreign odours and flavours Nil
Mix of other type of oil/mineral oil Nil
Moisture and volatile elements 0.2% maximum
Insoluble impurities 0.05% max.
Free fatty acids 0.15 max. expressed as oleic acid
Acid value 0.6 mg KOH/g oil max.
Iodine Value 118-141
Linoleic acids (C 18.2) 48.3 – 74% max. of total fatty acids
Delta-7-stigmasterol 6.5 – 20% of total sterol content (if this fails, then test for brassicasterol, campesterol, campestanol, sitosterol, sitostanol)
Brassicasterol 0.5% of total sterol content
Soap content 0.005% max.
Peroxide number 2 milliequivalents max. of active oxygen/kg of oil
Relative Density at 20°C 0.918 – 0.923 g/cm3
Refractive index at 40°C 1.461 – 1.468
Authorized additives 75 mg (max.) of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT-E-321) per kg of oil
Vitamin A fortification 45 000 – 60 000 IU/kg
Heavy metals

  • Lead (Pb)
  • Arsenic (As)
  • Iron (Fe)
  • Copper (Cu)
  • Mercury (Hg)
To be provided by supplier for crude oil used

  • 0.1 ppm max.
  • 0.1 ppm max.
  • 1.5 ppm max.
  • 0.1 ppm max.
  • 0.1 ppm max.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons  (PAH)

  • PAH heavy
  • PAH total
  • Benzo(a)pyrene
 

 

  • 5 ppb max.
  • 25 ppb max.
  • 2 ppb max.

Optional: an environmental parameter, can be used for testing when product is being sourced from a factory for the 1st time

Brand To be indicated
Origin To be indicated
Production Fresh production

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