Specification

Apricot Kernel Oil (refined)

 

Description: a yellow/pale yellow vegetable oil with bland flavour and odour extracted from apricot kernels and subsequently refined.  The product is free from additives.

 

 

Free fatty acid Content (% as Oleic)

0.1 max

IUPAC 2.201

Peroxide Value

2.0 max

AOCS Cd 8-53

Iodine value

98-112

AOCS Cd 1-85

Moisture %

0.1% max

AOCS Ca 2e-84

Fatty acid profile (%)

 

 

C16:0

Palmitic

3-8

C16:1

Pamitoleic

1.0 max

C18:0

Atearic

0-2

C18:1

Oleic

56-70

C18:2

Linoleic

21-33

C18:3

Alpha Linolenic

1.0 max

C18:3

Gamma Linolenic

-

C20:0

Arachidic

-

C20:1

Eicosenoic

-

C22:0

Behenic

-

C22:1

Erucic

-

C24:0

Lignoceric

-

C24:1

Nervonic

-

13-04-07