FT-NIR spectroscopy acknowledged as standard method for rapid screening of use frying fats and oils
The most important parameters of oxidation and polymerization during the frying process can be determined simultaneously by FT-NIR, making it a fast and reliable tool for companies and health authorities alike to check the degree of degradation. This was acknowledged by the DGF who issued the Standard Method "FT-NIR Spectroscopy: Screening analysis of used frying fats and oils for rapid determination of polar compounds, polymerized triacylglycerols, acid value and anisidine value [(DGF C-VI 21a (13)]" in September 2013. A poster summing up the results was presented at the EuroFedLipid conference in November 2013 in Antalya, Turkey.
