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COMMODITY SPECIFICATION
SOYBEAN OIL

 

The soybean oil shall be clear and brilliant when held at 70 degrees to 85 degree Fahrenheit. 
The soybean oil shall be free from sediment, such as metal, wood, dirt, glass, paint, insects, insect parts, or any other foreign material.  The soybean oil shall have a bland odor and flavor and shall be
free from beany, rancid, painty, musty, metallic, fishy, putrid, or any other undesirable odor and/or flavor.  The soybean oil shall have a light viscosity and shall not have a heavy oily mouth feel.

The soybean oil shall be fortified with vitamin A (retinol palmitate) at the rate of 60-75 IU/g.

Analytical Requirements

Bleached, Deodorized, Refined and Winterized (Style A)

Item Requirements
Minimum Maximum
Color (Lovibond) Scale   2.0 red
20.0 yellow
Moisture and Volatile Matter (percent by weight)    0.06
Insoluble Impurities   NONE
Free Fatty Acids as oleic, (percent) by weight, 1/ 2/   0.05
Peroxide Value (PV) (meg/kg), 1/   1.0
Stability, Oil Stability Index (OSI)1/ 5 hours  

1/ Determination shall be made within seven days after packaging.
2/ Maximum of 0.06 percent free fatty acid will be acceptable if propyl gallate is added as an
    antioxidant.

Packaging

4-liter steel cans, 4-liter plastic jugs, 20-liter steel pails, or 208-liter steel drums