| Intertek Agri Food & Agricultural Services > Edible Fat and Oil Tests |
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Edible Fats and Oils Testing |
Testing and inspection expertise for edible fats and oils |
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Intertek tests and inspects a wide range of edible oils, vegetable oils and animal fats and oils. Products tested include tallow, palm oil, oilseed, cooking oils, groundnut oils,
mustard oil,
safflower oil, sesamum oil,
soya oil, sunflower oil, other vegetable oils
and more. Submitted samples and cargo inspection quality testing services are availble for oils and fats shipments on a global basis. |
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| Fats and Oils tests |
Test Method |
| Acetyl & Hydroxyl Value |
Saponification |
| Acid Value |
Titration |
| Acetone Insolublle Matter |
Gravimetric |
| Active Oxygen Method (AOM) |
Titration 8 hrs |
| Active Oxygen Method (AOM) |
20, 60, 80 hrs + |
| Aldehyde Profiles |
GC/MS |
| Aliphatic Alcohols |
GC/FID |
| Anisidine Value |
AOCS |
| Antioxidants (BHA, BHT etc) |
HPLC |
| Appearance |
Visual |
| Ash |
AOCS/ISO |
| Aflatoxin, Total |
Flourometric |
| Aflatoxin, (B1, B1, G1, G2) |
T.L.C |
| Aldehyde Profile |
GC/MS |
| Aliphatic Alcohols |
GC/MS |
| Alcohols |
GC/MS |
| Bleaching Test |
Gardner Smith |
| Boemer Number |
Melting Point |
| Break Test |
Gravimetric |
| Chemical Comtaminants (eg. Benzene, Styrene, Phenols) |
HPLC |
| Chlorophyl |
AOCS, FOSFA |
| Cloud Point |
AOCS |
| Cold Test |
AOCS |
| Color Gardner, FAC |
AOCS |
| Color, Lovibond (raw) |
AOCS |
| Color Bleach |
Gardner Smith |
| Color refined & bleached |
AOCS |
| Copper |
AA Flame / GFAA |
| Confirmation of Components detected by other methods |
GC/MS |
| Congeal Point |
AOCS |
| Dioxins |
GC/MS |
| Erucic Acid |
AOCS/ISO/GC |
| Esters |
GC |
| Extractable Organics |
GC/MS |
| Fat Stability |
See Active Oxygen Method |
| Fatty Acid, Total & Oxidized |
Saponification |
| Fatty Acid Composition |
AOCS/ISO/(GC FID) |
| (including Transfat) |
LC/MS |
| Fatty Alcohol Profile |
GC/FID |
| Flash Point |
AOCS/FOSFA |
| Flavor Profiles |
GC/MS |
| Fragrance Profiles |
GC/MS |
| Free Fatty Acids |
AOCS/ISO (Titration) |
| Fry Study, Frying Study |
Color, Total Polars, Aldehydes, PV, FFA, FAP |
| Glycerine |
Titration |
| Glycerin
and Glycols |
HPLC |
| Gossypol (in cotton seed oil) |
HPLC |
| Halphen Test |
AOCS |
| Hexane Residues |
GC Headspace |
| Hydrocarbon Profile |
GC FID |
| Hydroxyl & Acetyl Value |
AOCS |
| Insoluble Impurities |
AOCS/ISO |
| Iodine Value |
AOCS/ISO (WIJS) |
| Iron |
AA/GFAA |
| Kries Test, Rancidity Index |
B.S. |
| Melting Point (Capillary) |
AOCS/ISO |
| Melting Point, Wiley |
AOCS |
| Melting Point, Slip |
AOCS/ISO |
| Metals, Trace, Heavy metals |
AA/GFAA |
| Moisture and Volatiles |
Oven / Hotplate |
| Moisture by Karl Fisher |
AOCS/ISO |
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| Fats and Oils tests |
Test Method |
| Moisture by Distillation |
AOCS/ISO |
| Mercury |
AA-Cold Vapor |
| Monoglycerides, Diglycerides & Triglycerides |
GC/FID |
| MTBE |
GC/FID |
| Mucilage |
Spectro |
| Neutral Oil & Loss |
AOCS |
| Nitrogen |
KJELDHAL |
| Odor |
Smell |
| Oleic Acid |
AOCS/ISO (GC-FID) |
| Organic Acid Profile |
HPLC |
| PH |
ITS/AOCS/ISO |
| Phthalates |
HPLC |
| Polar Compound |
GC |
| Peroxide Value |
AOCS/ISO |
| Phosphorous |
Spectro |
| Pesticides, Organochlorine |
GC |
| Pesticides, Organophosphorous |
GC |
| Pesticides PCBS |
GC |
| Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons |
GC/MS |
| Polyethylene |
AOCS/ISO |
| Polysorbates |
HPLC |
| Priority Polluants |
GC/MS |
| Qualitative Test for Fish Oils |
AOCS |
| Radioactivity |
ITS |
| Rancidity Index (Kries Test) |
B.S. |
| Rate of Filtration |
ITS |
| Refining Loss |
AOCS |
| Refractive Index |
AOCS/ASTM |
| Saponification Value |
AOCS/ISO |
| Saponification Color |
AOCS |
| Saponofication matter, total |
Calculated from MIU |
| Smoke Point |
AOCS/BS |
| Sorbic and Benzoic Acids |
HPLC |
| Soap Content |
FOSFA |
| Soap in Oil |
AOCS |
| Solubility in Alchocol |
Alcohol/Castor oil Mix |
| Specific Gravity/Mass per volume |
AOCS/ISO |
| Sulphur |
ASTM |
| Squalene |
HPLC |
| Specific Extinction |
UV/Visible Spec. |
| Sterols |
GC/FID |
| Stigmadienes |
GC/FID |
| Solid Fat Content |
AOCS/ISO |
| Solid Fat Index |
AOCS |
| Trace Element |
(AA-GFAA |
| Thermal Heating Fluids (THF, Dowtherm) |
HPLC |
| Titer |
AOCS/ISO |
| Triglycerides Profile |
HPLC |
| (Plus mono & Diglycerides) |
HPLC |
| Tocopherol (plus tocotrienols) |
HPLC |
| Trans Isomers |
GC |
| Thiocyangen Value |
AOCS |
| Unsaponifiable matter |
AOCS/ISO |
| Unsaponifiable profile |
GC/MS |
| Water by distillation |
AOCS/ISO |
| Waxes |
GC/FID |
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