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COLORTESTING

The document outlines a method for determining the color of edible oils and fats using a Lovibond Tintometer, comparing the oil's color to known color standards. It details the apparatus required, including manual and digital tintometers, and provides a step-by-step procedure for testing, emphasizing the importance of clarity in the oil sample. The color is reported in Lovibond units, with specific formulas for light and dark oils, while noting potential variability in results among different testers.

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COLORTESTING

The document outlines a method for determining the color of edible oils and fats using a Lovibond Tintometer, comparing the oil's color to known color standards. It details the apparatus required, including manual and digital tintometers, and provides a step-by-step procedure for testing, emphasizing the importance of clarity in the oil sample. The color is reported in Lovibond units, with specific formulas for light and dark oils, while noting potential variability in results among different testers.

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COLOR TESTING OF EDIBLE OIL & FATS IN LOVIBOND TINTOMETER

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1 DETERMINATION OF COLOR IN LOVIBOND TINTOMETER.

DETERMINATION OF COLOR IN LOVIBOND TINTOMETER.

PRINCIPLE:

The method determines the color of oils by comparison with Lovibond glasses of known color
characteristics. The color is expressed as the sum total of the yellow and red slides used to match
the color of the oil in a cell of the specified size in the Lovibond Tintometer

APPARATUS:

1. Lovibond Tintometer two types


a. Manual Lovibond, b. Digital tintometer

Manual is used for crude oil color testing

Digital for final product’s color testing.

2. Glass cells (cell size 0.25-inch, 0.5-inch, 1.0-inch, 5.25-inch, 1.0 cm, 2.0 cm, 5.0 cm as
required)

PROCEDURE:

➢ Melt the sample if it is not already liquid and filter the oil through a filter paper to remove
any impurities and traces of moisture.
➢ Make sure sample is absolutely clear and free from turbidity. Clean the glass cell of desired
size with carbon tetrachloride and allow it to dry.
➢ Fill it with the oil and place the cell in position in the tintometer. Match the color with
sliding red, yellow and blue colors.
➢ Report the color of the oil in terms of Lovibond units as follows:

Color reading = (a Y + 5 b R) or (a Y + 10 b R) in (*cell)

Where:

a = sum total of the various yellow slides (Y) used b + sum total of the various red (R) slide used

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Y + 5R is the mode of expressing the color of light-colored oils; and Y = 10R is for the dark-colored
oils.

Although the yellow and red slides required to match the color shade of an oil in a tintometer are
assessed separately, it is found that to certain extent these slides are mutually compensatory.
Consequently, different workers may report different values for the yellow and red units for the
same oil and the same workers may report different values for the yellow and red units for the oil
examined at different times. To obviate such personal errors a composite factor is used for
checking the color comprising the sum total of the yellow (Y) units and 5 or 10 times the total of
red units as specified for the oil or fat.

(Ref: - I.S.I. handbook of Food Analysis (Part XIII) – 1984 Page 75/I.S. 548 (Part 1) – 1964, Methods
of sampling and test for Oils and Fats.

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PICTURES:

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COLOR IN DIGITAL TINTOMETER 5.25’’ CELL

R=3.6, Y=36.0

WHILE IN MANYAL TINTOMETER

R=2.3, Y=23.0

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