GRADE DESIGNATION | MOISTURE and insoluble impurities percent by weight (not more than) | Colour on Lovibond scale* in 1/4-inch cell expressed as Y ± 5 R (not deeper than) | Specific gravity at 30C/30C | Refractive Index at 40C | Saponification value | Iodine value method | Unsaponifiable matter percent by weight (max.) | Acid value (maximum) | Phosphorus content percent by weight (not more than) | Insoluble bromide test | Flash point in 0C by Pensky Martens (closed cup) method (Min.) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
REFINED | 0.10 | 20 shall not have predominant green colour | 0.917 TO 0.921 | 1.4649 TO 1.4700 | 189 TO 195 | 120 TO 141 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.02 | To pass the test | 250 |
Description
- Soybean oil shall be obtained either by a process of expression or solvent extraction of sound and clean matured Soybeans from the plant Glycine Max (L) Merill Syn. Glycine Soja Seib & Zucc, fam. Leguminosae or by solvent extraction of good quality of soyabean oil cake. The oil shall be deacidified with alkali and/or by physical refining using permitted food grade solvents, bleaching by bleaching earth and/or activated carbon and deodorised with steam. No other chemical agent shall be used
General Requirement
- The oil shall be clear and free from turbidity when a filtered sample is kept at 30C for 24 hrs. The oil shall be free from rancidity, adulterants, suspended or other foreign matter, other oils, mineral oils, sediments, separated water added colouring and flavouring substances and obnoxious odour. The oil may contain permitedanti-oxidants not exceeding in concentration as specified under Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955.