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( Reaffirmed 2001 )

Indian Standard

BLENDEDEDIBLEVEGETABLEOILSSPECIFICATION

ICS

67.200.10

0 BIS 1995

BUREAU
OF
MANAK BHAVAN,

INDIAN

STANDARDS

9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR

NEW DELHI 110002

October 1995

MARG

Price-Group

Oils and Oilseed Sectional Committee, FAD 44

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Oil
and Oilseed Sectional Committee had been approved by the Food and Agriculture Division Council.
Blended edible vegetable oils are an admixture of two edible vegetable oils. Production and marketing
of blended edible vegetable oils is aimed at achieving the objectives of enlarging the availability of
conventional edibleoils for direct consumption and popularizing non-conventional edible oils which may
notbe acceptable as such.
This Indian Standard is aimed at providing the~needed guidelines to manufacturers
quality blended edible vegetable oils.
While formulating

this standard, due consideration

for the production of

has been given to the stipulations

made in the

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and Rules framed thereunder and the Standards of weights and
Measures (Packaged Commodities Rules) 1977. The standard is subject to the restrictions imposed under

these wherever applicable.

For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standardis complied with, the final
value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance
with IS 2 : 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised). The number of significant places
retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.

IS 14309: 1995

Indian Standard

BLENDEDEDIBLEVEGETABLEOILSSPECIFICATION
1

tionAct, 1954 and Rules and tested by the methods

SCOPE

This standard prescribes the requirements and

methods of sampling and test for blended edible
vegetable oils.
2 REFERENCES
The Indian standards given in Annex A are
necessary adjuncts to this standard.
3 TERMINOLOGY

prescribed in IS 5343 : 1969 and IS 11913 : 1986.

5.1.2 The clarity of the blended ediblevegetable oil
shall bejudged by the absence of turbidity after
keeping the filtered sample at 35C for 24 hours.
5.2 Composition
5.2.1 The blended edible vegetable oil shall be an
admixture of any two ediblevegetable oils as given
in 4.1.

3.1 For the purpose of this standard, the defini- -5.2.2 The oils may either be solvent-extracted or
tions given in IS 11476: 1985and the following shall expeller-pressed but should be of edible grade conforming to relevant Indian standard
apply.
3.1.1 BIended Edible Vegetableoil
Blended edible vegetable oil is an admixture of two
edible vegetable oils, refined or raw, or both, in
which the proportion of any one oil is not less than
20 percent.
4 TYPES
4.1 The following types of blended
vegetable oils are permitted.

edible

4.1.1 Type 1 - An admixture of any two refined

edible oils (expressed or solvent-extracted) where
one oil may be refined, solvent-extracted rice bran
oil

5.2.3 The blend shall contain not less than 20

percent by mass of any one edible vegetable oik
5.3 Admixture with Other Oils and Adulterants
The blended edible vegetable oil shall be free from
argemone oil, hydrocyanic acid, mineral oil and
other non-edible oils and adulterants, such as
kusum oil, castoroil, neem oil, karanja oil, animal
fat and tricresyl phosphate, when tested according
to the methods prescribed in 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
of IS 548 (Part 2) : 1976,IS 548 (Part2/Sec 9) : 1988,
Is 548(Part 2/Set 21) : 1988 and IS 548 (Part 2/Set
22) : 1992, respectively.
5.4 The blended edible vegetable oil shall also
comply with the requirements given in Table 1:

4.1.2 Type 2 - An admixture of any one of the

edible grades of raw (expressed) edible oil and one
refined edible oil (expressed or solvent-extracted)
where one oil may be refined, solvent-extracted rice
bran oil.

6 HYGIENE
6.1 Blended ediblevegetable od shall be manufactured in premises maintained under hygienic
conditions as prescribed in IS 2491 : 1972,

4.1.3 Type 3 - & admixture of any two edible

grade of expressed raw edible oils, except rice bran
oil.

7 MARKING
7.1 The blended edible vegetable shall be packed
in suitable sealed cartons/flexible ~packsor plastic
containers in quantities not more than 5 kg or as
notified by the competent authorityfrom time to
time.

5 REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Description
Blended edible vegetable oil shall be clear and free
from rancidity, adulterants, suspended and other
foreign matter, seperatedwater, addedcolouringor
flavouring substances.

7.2 The package shall be marked with the following information:

a) Name and type of the material;
b) Manufacturers name and his recognized
trade-mark. if any;

5.1.1

It may contain permitted antioxidants in

quantities permitted in the Prevention ofAdultera1

IS 14309 : 1995
Table 1 Requirements for Blended Edible Vegetable Oils
(Clause 5.4)
Requirements
Types

Characteristics

Sl
No.

Methods of Test,
Ref to

for

rl
(2)
Moisture and volatile matter
percent by mass, Max
Acid value, Max

(li
i)
ii)

Unsaponifiable matter, percent

by mass, MUX (see Note)
Flash point, Pen&y-Martens
(closed up)C, Mh

iii)
iv)

0.2

(3)
0.2

0.2

(4)
5 of IS 548 (Part 1) : 1976

0.5

5.0

6.0

7 of IS 548 (Part 1) : 1976

1.5

1.5

1.5

8 of IS 548 (Part 1) : 1976

250

250

250

IS 1448 (Part 21) : 1970

NOTE-

In case of Type 1 or Qpe 2 blended ediblevegetableoil

by mass, MUXshall be 3.0.

Cl Net mass in container;

4 Name and percentage
e)
9
g:

of antioxidants

containing refined rice bran oil, unsaponifiable matter, percent

This blended
admixture of:

vegetable

edible

oil contains an

added, if any;
i) ................................... % by mass.
Batch or lot number in code or otherwise;
ii) ...................I............... % by mass.
Month and year of manufacture; and
7.4 The names of the vegetable oils and their types
Any other details required under the Stand- (raw or refined) shall also be given.
ards of Weights and Measures (Packaged
Commodities) Rules, 1977 and Prevention of
Food Adulteration Rules, 1955.

8 SAMPLING
8.1 Representative samples of the material shall be
drawn as prescribed in 3 of IS 548 (Part 1) : 1964.

7.3 Each package shall also carry the following

information:

ANNEX A
(Clause 2)
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS
Title

IS No.
548

Methods of sampling and test for

546
oils and fats: Part 2 Purity tests,
(Part 21
Set 22) : 1992 Section 22 Detection of tricresyl
phosphate in edible oils
1

Methods of sampling and test for

(Part 1) : 1964 oils and fats: Part 1 Sampling,
physical
and chemical
tests
irevised)

1070 : 1992

548

Methods of sampling and fest for

(Part 2) : 1976 oils and fats : Part 2 Purity tests
Methods of sampling
oils and fats: Part 2
(Part 21
Set 9) : 1988 Section 9 Test for
Karanja (Pungam)oil
vourth revision)
Methods
548
oils and
(Part 21
Set 21) : 1988 Section
animals
fats and

Reagent

grade

water

(third

revision)
1448

(third revision)
548

Title

IS No.

(Part 21) :
1970

and test for

Purity tests,
presence of
in other oils

24gl. 1g72
*

Methods of test for petroleum and

its products: Part 21 Flash ppint
Pensky-Martens
(closed)
by
apparatus @rst revision)
Code for hygienic conditions for
food processing
units
(first
revision)

of sampling and test for

fats: Part 2 Purity tests,
21 Test for detection ,of
fat in vegetable oils and
vice versa by GLC vourth

5343 : MB
11476 : 1985
11g13 . 1g86
.

revision)

Butylated hydroxyanisole,
food
grade
Glossary of terms relating to oils
and fats
Tert-Butylhydroquinone

(TBHQ)

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