Description
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 Oilio Sunflower oil popular in kitchens decades ago, and now, Sunflower oil ranks the fourth most used oil worldwide.
| SUNFLOWER OIL | |
| Taste | Neutral |
| Impurities | Negative |
| Free Fatty Acid ( % ) | max 0,10 |
| Moisture ( % ) | max 0,05 |
| Peroxide Value ( meq O2/ kg ) | max 5 |
| Specific gravity at 20 degr C | 0,91 – 0,93 |
| Iodine value ( g / 100 g ) | 110 – 143 |
| Colour Lovibond 5 1/4 ” Red | max 1,5 |
| Colour Lovibond 5 1/4 ” Yellow | max 15 |
| C 12:0 | |
| C 14:0 (Myristic Acid) | |
| C 16:0 ( Palmitic Acid ) | 3 -10 |
| C16:1 (Palmitoleic Acid) | |
| C 18:0 ( Stearic Acid ) | 1 – 10 |
| C 18:1 ( Oleic Acid ) | 14 – 35 |
| C 18:2 ( Linoleic Acid ) | 50 – 75 |
| C 18:3 ( Linolenic Acid ) | < 0,5 |
| C 20:0 ( Arachidic Acid ) | < 1,5 |
| C 20:1 ( Gadoleic Acid ) | < 0,5 |
| C 20:2 (Eicosenic Acid) | |
| C 22:0 ( Behenic Acid ) | < 1 |
| C 22:1 ( Erucic Acid ) | < 0,2 |
| C 24:0 ( Lignoceric Acid ) |
