EDIBLE OILS AND THEIR QUALITY ASPECTS

Bhagya Vijayan

PALB: 3120

GLANCE AT WORLD & INDIAN SCENARIOS

1.USA

2.CHINA

3.BRAZIL

4.INDIA

WORLD PRODUCTION: 250 mt per annum

Indian production :25 mt per annumProductivity:955kg/ha

area:27mha

PRODUCTION

3rd largest importer

EDIBLE OIL SEED CROPS OF INDIA

MAJOR

GROUNDNUT

SOYBEAN

RAPESEED/MUSTARD

SESAME

NIGER

85%

EDIBLENONCONVENTIONAL1. RICE BRAN OIL2. PALM OIL3. OLIVE OIL

Major non edible oil seeds 1. CASTOR2. LINSEED

NONCONVENTIONAL NONEDIBLE OILCROP :COTTON SEED OIL

GLOBAL RANKING IN PRODUCTION

1ST

• SESAME• SAFFLOWER• NIGER• CASTOR

2ND • GROUNDNUT• RAPESEED AND MUSTARD

3RD • LINSEED

4TH • SOYBEAN• SUNFLOWER

QUALITY ASPECTS

ACTS AND REGULATIONS

1. Vegetable oils Grading and Marking Rules,1955

2. Solvent Extracted Oil ,Deoiled Meal & Edible Flour

(Control ) Order,1967

3. Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation )Order,1998

4. Food Safety and Standards Act,2006

POLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID

MONO UNSATURATED FATTY ACID

SATURATED FATTY ACID

TRANS FATS

Order of importance

PROCEDURE FOLLOWED

GENERAL ASPECTS

Use good quality oilseed • F

ree from adulterants, sediments, suspended and other foreign matter

• Oils shall be free from admixture with other oils

Oils shall not contain aflatoxin, more than 30µg/kg• M

etal contaminants and pesticide residues shall not exceed the tolerance limits

• Only permitted antioxidants and antioxidant synergists

Oil extraction following HACCP , Codex and ISI standards,Sampling followed by ISI certification

Packing :Containers made of plastic materials shall be as per IS 10142 or IS 10146 or IS 10151 or IS 10910 or IS 11434 or IS 11704 or IS 12247 or IS 12252 or IS 13601 or IS 13576. Containers made of tin shall be as per IS 10325 or IS 10339

Marking: a) the name, trade name, type and grade of the oil; b) the name and business particulars of the manufacturer; c) the net quantity of the contents in the container; d) the batch number, month and year of manufacture,expiry; e)Nutritional information

Eco mark - optional

LIMITS OF TOXIC METALS

Metal residue Limit

1. Lead (mg/kg)max 0.5

2. Arsenic (mg/kg)max 0.5

3. Cadmium (mg/kg)max 1.0

4. Mercury (mg/kg)max 0.25

TESTS THAT ARE PERFORMED ON EDIBLE OILS

• Acid Value• Aldehyde Profiles• Aliphatic Alcohols• Dioxin• Fatty Acid• Fragrance Profiles• Hexane Residues• Hydrocarbon Profile• Iodine value• Moisture and volatiles• Mercury content• Polar compounds• Smoke point• Solid fat content

Sl.no Quality parameters REQUIREMENT

1. Smoke point HIGH

2. Flash point > 37.8 °C or 60.5°C

3. Saponification value 180-195

4. Iodine value HIGH

5. Acid value < 6

6. Refractive index @ 40 ◦C 1.44-1.48

7. Hexane (ppm) ≤ 5

SOYBEAN OIL

GROUNDNUT

SESAME

SUNFLOWER

SAFFLOWER

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