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| Commodity Fact Sheet | |
| Refined Sunflower Seed Oil |
The sunflower seed oil shall be clear and brilliant when held at 70 degrees to 85 degree Fahrenheit. The sunflower seed oil shall be free from sediment, such as metal, wood, dirt, glass, paint, insects, insect parts, or any other foreign material. The sunflower seed oil shall have a bland odor and flavor and shall be free from beany, rancid, painty, musty, metallic, fishy, putrid, or any other undesirable odor and/or flavor. The sunflower seed oil shall have a light viscosity shall and not have a heavy oily mouth feel.
The oil must be fortified with vitamin A (retinol palmitate) at the rate of 60-75 IU/g.
ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS
Refined, Bleached, and Deodorized Sunflower Seed Oil
| ITEM | REQUIREMENTS | |
| Minimum | Maximum | |
| Color Lovibond Scale | 1.5
red 15.0 yellow |
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| Saponification (SAP) Value | 186 | 194 |
| Moisture and Impurities | 10.0% | |
| Unsaponifiable | 1.5% | |
| Free Fatty Acids 1/ 2/ | 0.05% | |
| Iodine Value | 125 | 145 |
| Peroxide Value 1/ | 1 | |
| Linoleic 3/ | 55.0% | |
| Specific Gravity
by 20 Degree Centigrade |
0.917 | 0.924 |
1/ Determination shall be
made seven days after packaging.
2/ Maximum of 0.06 percent free fatty acid will be acceptable if propyl
gallate is
added as an antioxidant.
3/ Determined by gas chromatography of
methly esters of fatty acids.
PACKAGING
The vegetable oil shall be packaged in four-liter steel cans, twenty-liter steel pails, or 208-liter steel drums.
Source: USDA:FSA:PDD:EOB March, 2002 (Contact 202-690-3565)
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