Oil and fat
Integrity issues
There are four main types of oil & fat integrity issues, affecting both plant and animal origins:
- Addition of cheaper substitutes
- Addition of dyes / undeclared additives
- Mislabelling of applied processing (e.g. refining mode)
- Mislabelling of geographical origin
Potential threat to public health
The consumption of edible oils either adulterated with gutter oils is a source of potential health concerns, as gutter oil contains many kinds of toxic waste material.
Foreign fats & oils (especially highly refined ones or mineral oils) or undeclared additives may also create an allergy or toxicity risk.
To preserve Oil and Fat reputation and consumer health, monitor their integrity through analytical testing
Our expertise
Eurofins network supports the Oil & Fat sector, with the commitment to better serve you and to reply to all your issues with our very wide portfolio of testing.
Statistical review
FAIL assessment on Eurofins company report means that the product is not marketable according to:
- Eurofins company databases
Disclaimer: Non compliance rates presented here are global and may not reflect accurately the market situation in each country but they can be used as qualitative indications for major risks for on a worldwide basis
Figure 1 : Non compliance rates observed for fat and oil samples analysed (all authenticity tests) between 2018 and 2021
Eurofins Network Offer
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Broad and fast screening of Oils & Fats integrity, also applicable to the fat fraction of food* |
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Geographic origin check (if source is declared) |
Stable Isotopes analyses (IRMS, TIMS) |
*When the fat fraction of food can be isolated and is limited to 1 or 2 sources, our testing methods can also be applied.
FOODINTEGRITY HANDBOOK
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