Oil Seeds, Oils & Fats Analysis

Salamon & Seaber have vast knowledge and experience of this commodity sector and offer a comprehensive analytical service for:

Oil Seeds
Oil and Fats (including Tallows)

We provide a full range of tests on a wide variety of products using appropriate standards and specifications requested by our clients.

Standards / Specifications

Salamon & Seaber are approved Category L1 full member analysts of FOSFA International for oil seeds, oils & fats and selected groundnuts. We perform all mandatory and many optional FOSFA contractual methods on commodities traded under terms of FOSFA International Contracts.
USDA FGIS specifications and methods are used for grading of certain oil seeds, Rape seed (Canola), Soya beans, Sunflower seeds.
Codex Alimentarius specifications are used for oils and fats.
ANEC specifications using methods of MAPA technical regulations.

Oil Seeds (Rapeseed, Sunflower, Sesame, Soya bean, Groundnut, Cottonseed, etc.)

Typical quality analysis

Moisture and volatile matter
Impurities (Admixture, Foreign Matter)
Oil content
Free Fatty Acids (FFA) content

Physical specifications

Determination of foreign matter, damaged seeds, broken seeds, etc.
Determination of toxic / noxious weed seeds (including Castor seeds / husks)
Determination of insect infestation and identification
Test weight

Oils and Fats (Edible and Refined oils, Crude Oils, Fats and Tallows)

Corn oil, Sunflower oil, Groundnut oil, Olive oil, Rapeseed oil, Castor Oil, Palm oil, Palm Olein, Hydrogenated oils, Mixed Acid Vegetable oils, etc.

Methods of analysis used are those of FOSFA International, ISO, AOAC, AOCS

Oils used in pharmaceutical preparations must comply with pharmacopoeial specifications such as those of the BP / Ph. Eur, USP / NF BPC, etc.

Typical analysis

Quality Characteristics

Fatty Acid Profile (FAP) (Identity test)
Moisture and volatile matter
Insoluble impurities
Soap content
Iron (Fe) content
Copper (Cu) content
Acid value / Free Fatty Acids (FFA)
Peroxide value (PV)

Physical Characteristics

Relative Density
Apparent Density
Refractive Index (RI)
Saponification Value
Iodine Value
Unsaponifiable matter

Essential Oil Analysis

Salamon & Seaber offer full Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of essential oils using E.O.A. specifications as well as requirements of other monographs such as BP, FCC VII, etc

General analysis includes the following parameters:

Assay
Refractive Index
Solubility in Alcohol
Specific Gravity (SG) (Relative Density)
Optical Rotation
Flash Point
G.C. Analysis
Infra Red Spectra

Please contact Mr Anwar (Ally) Aufogul (E-Mail: Anwar_Aufogul@salamonandseaber.co.uk) to discuss your analytical requirements or fill out a form for a quotation.

Please note that we are also able to correspond in Arabic, French, German, and Polish

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