Refined Bleached Deodorised Palmolein Oil

Fit for human consumption, of sound fair and marketable quality, meeting the following criteria:

• water and impurities: 0.1% m/m maximum (control method: ISO 662 or AOCS Ca 2 d-25 at 105° C)
• insoluble impurities: 0.05% m/m maximum (control method: ISO 663)
• free fatty acids: 0.1% maximum expressed as palmitic acid (control method: ISO 660 or AOCS Ca 5a-40)
• acid value: 0.55 maximum mg KOH per gram (control method: ISO 660 or AOCS Ca 5a-40)
• colour: 5-1/4 inch Lovibond cell, red 3 maximum, yellow 30 maximum (control method AOCS Cc 13b-45)
• soap content: 0.005% m/m maximum (control method: AOCS Cc 15-60)
• taste: neutral/bland; absence of foreign odours and flavours
• peroxide number:  2 meq. maximum of active oxygen per kg of oil at point of loading (control method: ISO 3960 or AOCS Cd 8-53)
• iodine value (Wijs): 55 - 60 g/100g  (control method: ISO 3961)
• saponification: 195 – 205 mg KOH per gram
• unsaponifiable matter: 1.2% maximum (control method: AOCS Ca 6a-40)
• refractive index at 40° C: 1.4580 – 1.4590
• relative density: 0.910 - 0.950 (water at 27° C)
• melting point: 24° C maximum (slip, softening and rising points)