Sunflower Oil is manufactured according to a process that should confer to the finished product the following specifications:
Organoleptic Neutral/bland taste; absence of foreign odours and flavours Moisture andvolatilematter 0.2% maximum
Insolubleimpurities 0.05% maximum
Freefatty acid 0.15% maximum expressed as oleic acid Linoleic acid (C18:2) 48.3-74% of total fattyacids
Delta-7-Stigmasterol 6.5-24 % of totalsterol
Acidvalue 0.6 mg maximum of KOH/goil
Color 5-1/4 inch Lovibond cell Red: 1.5maximum
Yellow: 15 maximum
Soapcontent 0.005% maximum
Peroxidenumber 2 milliequivalents maximum of active oxygen per kgoil Saponification value 188-194 mg KOH/goil
Iodinevalue 118– 141 g / 100goil
Unsaponifiablematter 1.5% maximum Refractive index (ND40oC) 1.461 – 1.468 Relative density (20oC /water 0.918 – 0.923 at20°C)
Authorized additives
-Butylated hydroxyanisol
-Butylated Hydroxytoluene
- 175 mg/kgmaximum
- 75 mg/kgmaximum
VitaminA 24000– 36000 UI per kg oil
VitaminD 2400 – 3600 UI per kg oil
