Free fatty acids

Hello, everyone! I am kindly asking for your advice and help regarding FFA content in palmolein during frying. I am dealing with the increasing of FFA during p…

Food R&D Emeritus reply
From the place I am connected, they just use wet chemistry to determine FFA, In palm olein , no instrumentation. Its inevitable that FFA will increase in the frying process specia…
Prakash reply
FFA increasing during frying is normal but how much is increased in how many frying cycle is important. if you could share your frying temperature, initial FFA, frying cycle and i…
Teresa Fonseca Gonçalves reply
Hello Florentina Did you try to find some literature about all the methdos used to quantifcation FFA's? For example: Analysis of fatty acid profiles of free fatty acids generated…
Florentina Corodeanu reply
I searched, but not like this ones. That s why thank you so much for your suggestions! Can i ask you if you recommend to purchase a gas cromatographer for the analysis as well?
Food R&D Emeritus reply
[quote "Florentina, post:5, topic:8420, full:true"] Can i ask you if you recommend to purchase a gas cromatographer for the analysis as well? [/quote] If you can live with old fas…
Prakash reply
titration method is enough for FFA analysis. Heavy equipments like HPLC or GC is not needed for FFA analysis.
Florentina Corodeanu reply
Raw materials: pellets Temperature: 175°C Oil level: 88mm Capacity: 500 kilos/hour FFA initial: 0,09 0,11 Run: 8h FFA final: 0,29 0,30 Sometimes, mixed with used oil, about 15 20%…
Teresa Fonseca Gonçalves reply
https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/webinar/133588/need for speed testing edible oils fats with ft%E2%80%91nir spectroscopy/