Food and Drug Regulations

B.09.007 [S]. Peanut Oil or Arachis Oil

• (a) shall be the oil of the seeds of Arachis hypogaea L.;

• (b) shall have

  • (i) a relative density of (20°C/water at 20°C) of not less than 0.914 and not more than 0.917,

  • (ii) a refractive index (n_D40°C) of not less than 1.460 and not more than 1.465,

  • (iii) a saponification value (milligrams potassium hydroxide per gram of oil) of not less than 187 and not more than 196,

  • (iv) an iodine value (Wijs) of not less than 80 and not more than 106,

  • (v) an unsaponifiable matter content of not more than 10 grams per kilogram,

  • (vi) an arachidic and higher fatty acids content of not less than 48 grams per kilogram,

  • (vii) an acid value of not more than 0.6 milligram potassium hydroxide per gram of oil, and

  • (viii) a peroxide value of not more than 10 milliequivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogram of oil; and

• (c) not contain oxystearin.