Mid-Oleic Sunflower Oil (NuSun)
CRUDE
Trading Rules
Specifications from American Fats and Oils Association: Rule 14B
|
| Item |
Value |
| Flash Point (AOCS Cc 9b-56) |
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 |
| Oleic (as % of TFA) |
55% Minimum
75% Maximum |
Rule 14B -- Crude Mid-Oleic Sunflower Oil (NuSun) 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. (Effective 1/1/2003)
NOTE: For further information or questions regarding NuSun trading rules, go to afoaonline.org. |