Linoleic Sunflower Oil
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Trading Rules
Specifications from American Fats and Oils Association: Rule 14
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| Item |
Value |
| Flash Point (AOCS Cc 9b-55) |
250°F Minimum |
| Halphen Test |
Negative |
| Saponification Value |
188-194 |
| Unsaponifiable |
1.3% Maximum |
| Free Fatty Acid (as Oleic) |
Basis 2.0%
Maximum 3.0% |
| Moisture and Volatile (AOCS Ca 2d-25) |
0.5% Maximum |
| Insoluble Impurities (AOCS Ca 3-46) |
0.3% Maximum |
| Color (in 5 1/4 inch cell or tube), as determined under AOCS Method Cc 13b-45, Bleached (AOCS Cc 8g-52), after refining (AOCS Ca 9a-52) |
2.5 Red Maximum |
| Linolenic acid |
1.0% Maximum |
Rule 14 -- Crude Sunflowerseed Oil shall be pure and produced only from sunflowerseed of fair average quality by hydraulic, expeller, or solvent extraction process. The buyer shall receive an allowance of 0.1% of the invoice value for each 0.1% of free fatty acid in excess of 2%.; fractions in proportion.
NOTE: For further information or questions regarding linoleic trading rules, go to afoaonline.org.
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