Food and Feed Control Central Research Institute Oil and Fats Technologies Laboratory its expert staff consisting of 5 researchers, national and international projects and training services are carried out in the laboratory as well as routine analysis within the scope of food industry services.
The studies carried out in the laboratory are given below.
Activities performed in the department are given below;
- 3-MCPD and glycidyl esters in food,
- Fatty acid composition , sterol composition, free fatty acidity, peroxide value, acid value, insoluble impurities, matter volatile (1050C), soap content, refractive index, saponification number, iodine value, unsaponification matter in vegetable oils
- Fatty acid composition , sterol composition, free fatty acidity, peroxide value, insoluble impurities, matter volatile (1050C), soap content, relative density, apparent density, refractive index, saponification number, iodine value, unsaponification matter, waxy substances, ethyl esters, determination of seed oil, specific absorption, stigmatadiens, 2-glyceryl monopalmitate in olive oil
- Fatty acid composition in extracted oils
- Determination of vegetable oil in milk and milk products
- Determination of milk fat purity in milk and milk products
- Determination of alcohol volume and methanol in high alcoholic beverage
- Determination of ethyl alcohol in alcoholic and soft beverage by GC
Laboratory Equipments; - GC-FID (5 pieces)
- GC-MS
- HPLC (2 pieces)
- Spectrophotometer
- Refractometer
- Rotary evaporator (2 pieces)
- Centrifuge
- Nitrogen evaporator
- Other laboratory equipments (scales, vortex,water bath etc.)
