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Crude Degummed Soybean Oil

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Crude Degummed Soybean Oil must be pure and produced from fair average quality crude soybean oil which has had the major portion of the gums naturally present removed by hydration and mechanical or physical separation.

ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

 ITEM

Maximum Minimum
Unsaponifiable Matter 1.5%  
Free Fatty Acids, as Olec 0.75%  
Moisture and Volative Matter and Insoluble Impurities 0.30%  
Flash Point   250 degrees Fahrenheit
Phosphorous 0.02%  

PACKAGING

Bulk

Source: USDA:FSA:PDD:EOB March, 2002 (Contact 202-690-3565)


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