Refined Sunflower Oil

Description

• Organic High Oleic Sunflower is a vertical Organic Process, our supplier chooses the organic seeds that need to be crushed, they then oversee the crushing of the seeds into a liquid. Additionally, a large ORGANIC refinery processes the oil into the finished High Oleic Sunflower we bring to market. Important controls and specification are followed by an extensive QA/QC team to insure quality and ORGANIC status.

  DESCRIPTION	New hybrids of the traditional sunflower species produce an oil unusually high in oleic acid (C18:1). The appearance of this new hybrid only differs in the color of the kernel shells from off white to silver gray compared to black resp. black stripes. The seed is pressed and then extracted. The subsequent 4 step refining (deacidification, bleaching, steam deodorization, and winterization) results in a very light transparent refined high oleic sunflower seed oil with excellent oxidative stability.
  ORIGIN:	The Netherlands and France
  CERTIFICATE OF	Each shipment to include certificate.
  ANALYSIS:
  APPEARANCE & COLOR	Appearance: Light transparent / Color: Lovibond 5 14” 2.0 red
  SPECIFICATIONS
  Density (20° C)	0.912 – 0.924
  Refractive Index (20° C)	1.464 – 1.474
  Iodine Value	80 – 97
  Peroxide Value	1.00 max
  Saponification Value	187 – 197
  Smoke Point	ca. 240° C
  Free Fatty Acids (% of Oleic Acid)	0.10 max
  FATTY ACID COMPOSITION
  Palmitic Acid	C 16:0	5.0 % max
  Stearic Acid	C 18:0	6.2 % max
  Oleic Acid	C 18:1	75 – 90 %
  Linoleic Acid	C 18:2	17 % max
  Linolenic Acid	C 18:3	0.3% max
  Arachidic Acid	C 20:0	0.69 % max
  Behenic Acid	C 22:0	1.6 % max
  Other Fatty Acids		3 % max
  STORAGE:	Keep away from direct sunlight at room temperature in tightly sealed containers (nitrogen topping is of advantage)
  USAGE:	The excellent stability to oxidation is comparable to that of a good olive oil and approximately twice as high as with traditional sunflower oil and soybean oils. It is therefore, particularly suited as a fat component and carrier for pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations. Its usage in food: in baker’s ware and pastries (un-hydrogenated spray oil), baby food and margarines, as a baking and frying oil (high smoke point). Like olive oil, high oleic sunflower seed oil is believed to favorably influence the human cholesterol metabolism due to its high content of monounsaturated oleic acid (C18:1).