Soybean oil is the natural inexpensive oil extracted from whole soybeans. It is the most widely used oil, and is sold as either pure soybean oil or as a main ingredient in vegetable oil. Processed into margarine and shortenings, soybean oil's 85 percent unsaturated fat profile is among the highest of the vegetable oils
Physical Characteristics:
- Physical State: Liquid
- Appearance: Light Yellow, Clear and Brilliant
- Taste: Bland
- Odor: Bland
- Color: 5 – 13.5 Yellow / 0.6 – 2.0 Red
Quality Standards:
- Free Fatty Acid %: 0.05 – 0.1%
- Peroxide Value meq/kg: 0.5 - 1.0 meq/kg
- Refractive Index @ 40oC: 1.4666 – 1.47
- Iodine Value (Wijs): 123 - 139
- Moisture %: 0.05 – 0.1%
- Cold Test: 5.5 hrs
- OSI @ 110oC: 5.5 – 6.0 hrs
- Saponification Value: 191 - 192
- Specific Gravity @ 25oC: 0.915 – 0.925
- Smoke Point: 460 – 465oF
- Flash Point: 650 – 655oF
- Fire Point: 690 – 695oF