Edible Oil & Fat Testing Services

Edible oils and fats are critical food ingredients whose quality, safety, and compliance must meet regulatory and customer specifications. Comprehensive testing ensures product authenticity, nutritional value, shelf-life stability, and consumer safety. 

Edible oil and fat testing services typically cover physical, chemical, and contaminant parameters as per FSSAI, Codex Alimentarius, BIS (IS standards), and ISO methods.

Key testing parameters include: 

• Physico-chemical quality: Acid Value / Free Fatty Acids (FFA), Peroxide Value (PV), Iodine Value, Saponification Value, Unsaponifiable Matter, Moisture & Volatile Matter. 

• Purity & Identity: Refractive Index, Density, Fatty Acid Profile (GC), Detection of adulterants (e.g., argemone oil, mineral oil). 

• Nutritional Parameters: Total fat, Saturated fat, Trans fatty acids. MUFA, PUFA. 

• Contaminants & Residues: Heavy metals, pesticide residues, aflatoxins, Mineral oil (MOSHMOAH), Capsaicin, etc.  

• Process & Safety Checks: Residual solvents, soap content, colour (Lovibond).  

Testing supports raw material evaluation, in-process control, finished product release, shelf-life studies, regulatory compliance, and export certification. Reliable edible oil and fat analysis helps manufacturers ensure consistent quality, prevent adulteration, and meet statutory requirements.