Edible fats and oils : their composition, manufacture and analysis / by W.H. Simmons and C. Ainsworth Mitchell.

  • Simmons, W. H. (William Herbert)
Date:
1911
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Credit: Edible fats and oils : their composition, manufacture and analysis / by W.H. Simmons and C. Ainsworth Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tensively used in margarine and chocolate-cream manufacture, and is also sold under Various fancy names as vegetable butter. There are two principal commercial varieties, Cochin and Ceylon, the former obtained from Cochin (Malabar) or the Philippine Islands, and the latter from Ceylon. The follow- ing are analyses of typical samples :— Saponi- | Acidity (as | muy ng Refractive fication ~— Oleic Acid) | OT ait Index at Value, | percent. || fea | hae Or E Cochin oil. ; 255 | 15 ieee 43905) 1°4540 | I | | i | Ceylon oil . ,| + 2582 DAP eg ee be ad Ah | Maize Oil, expressed from maize, and obtained chiefly from the United States, is occasionally used as an edible. oil, A sample of refined maize oil has given the following figures on analysis :— Specific Saponi- | 7 .4-. | Acidity (as res | Refractive : paces Todine Roe eet hed EM Einice : Gravity fication Woie Oleic Acid) Setos Index at at: 15°C. <1 Value, | «percent. | 20 4a: = ee Bee | 0°9243 192 123 | 0°40 te ae 1°4766 Cotton-Seed Oil.—This is obtained by expression from the seeds of the various kinds of cotton tree, grown extensively in America, Egypt, and India. A considerable quantity of the oil is expressed from the seed in this country, principally at Hull. The refined oil is used in making artificial butter, and also for culinary purposes. The best cotton-seed oil, used for margarine manufacture, is sold under the name of “butter oil.” The following are typical figures for a refined cotton-seed oi] :-—