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 (C*8:1). 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: South Africa and South America

CERTIFICATE OF Each shipment to include certificate.

ANALYSIS:

APPEARANCE & COLOR Appearance: Light transparent / Color: Lovibond 5 *4? 2.0 red

SPECIFICATIONS

Density (*0 C) 0.**2 ? 0.**4

Refractive Index (*0 C) 1.**4 ? 1.**4

Iodine Value *0 ? *7

Peroxide Value 1.*0 max

Saponification Value **7 ? **7

Smoke Point ca. **0 C

Free Fatty Acids (% of Oleic Acid) 0.*0 max

FATTY ACID COMPOSITION

Palmitic Acid C *6:0 5.0 % max

Stearic Acid C *8:0 6.2 % max

Oleic Acid C *8:1 *5 ? *0 %

Linoleic Acid C *8:2 *7 % max

Linolenic Acid C *8:3 0.3% max

Arachidic Acid C *0:0 0.*9 % max

Behenic Acid C *2:0 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 (C*8:1).