Research on the quality of cold pressed sunflower flavoured oil

Abstract

Cold-pressed flavoured sunflower oil is a virgin oil that has undergone maceration by adding herbs, spices vegetable, or fruit seeds in order to extend the product’s shelf life, being considered a superior quality product. The aim of the present research was to determine, by means of sensory and physicochemical analyses, the quality of sunflower aromatized oils obtained by cold pressing. The physicochemical properties of the analysed oil assortments were represented by the following determinations: impurity content, moisture, relative density, acidity, iodine, saponification and peroxide indexes.