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
Description
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
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To be provided by supplier for crude oil used
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
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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 |
Additional information
Quality | Premium |
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