Product Details

This pale yellow coloured oil, extracted from sunflower seeds, is hign in poly-unsaturated fats and low in saturates.
As very stable oil, Sunflower oil has a long shelf life, without hydrogenation.

With a relatively low smoke point, it can be used for shallow frying, cooking and salad dressings.

Neutral in flavour and aroma, and it's healthy proportions made our Sunflower oil popular in kitchens decades ago, and now, Sunflower oil ranks the fourth most used oil worldwide.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Refined Sunflower Oil - Wholesale

Extracted from the sunflower seed (helianthus annuus)
Odorless oil, which benefits its use in fragrance, aromatherapy and massage oil products.
Almost colorless, making it ideal for use in cosmetics and other colored products.
High in essential fatty acids, which are good bases for many aromatherapy products.
superior stability and is an excellent emollient
creates stable lather in soap
highly unsaturated edible oil

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Sunflower oil is the fixed oil obtained from the seed of the sunflower plant Helianthus annuus by mechanical expression or solvent extraction.

TEST	METHOD	RANGE
Specific gravity @ 25°C	USP	0.915-0.920
Iodine value	USP	110 - 143
Saponification value	USP	188 - 194
Free fatty acids	USP	< 2.0 mL of 0.02 N NaOH

Color Gardner	AOCS Td la-64	3 max
Appearance	Pale yellow, bright & clear oily liquid
Odor	Bland, odorless

TYPICAL FATTY ACID COMPOSITION (%)
C14:0	<0.5	C18:2	20 - 75
C16:0	3.0 - 10	C18:3	<1.5
C16:1	<1.0	C20:0	<1.0
C18:0	1.0 - 10	C20:1	<0.5
C18:1	14 - 65

CRUDE SANFLOWER OIL

SPECIFICATION:

PROPERTY	ACCEPTABLE LIMITS (Normal Oleic)	UNITS
SPECIFIC GRAVITY (20ºCº)	0,918 - 0,923	g/cm3
REFRACTIVE INDEX (40ºCº)	1,461 – 1,468	IRAM 5505
SMOKE POINT	MIN +-10Cº	Cº
FLASH POINT	MIN +-10Cº	Cº
COLOUR	RED (ON LOVIBOND CELL)
CONSISTENCY	LIQUID VISCOUS +20Cº
ODOUR, TASTE	SPECIFIC FOR THIS PRODUCT

QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY PARAMETER	MAX
PEROXIDE VALUE	2.5	meq/KG
MOISTURE AND VOLATILE SUBSTANCES	0,2	%
FREE FATTY ACID (As Oleic Acid)	1,5	%
JODINE VALUE	118 - 141	GJ2/100G
INSOLUBLE IMPURITIES	0,05	%
SOAP CONTENT	0,005	%
SAPONIFICATION VALUE	188 - 194	MG KOH/MG
UNSAPONIFICATION MATTERS	< 1.50	%

TYPICAL FATTY ACID COMPOSITION		%
C 14:0	< 0,2
C 16:0	5,0 – 7,6
C 18:0	2,7 - 6,5
C 18:1	14,0 – 39,4
C 18:2	48,3 – 74,0
C 18:3	< 0,3
C 20:0	0,1 – 0,5
C 20:1	< 0,3
C 22:0	0,3 – 1,5

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