Refined Sunflower Oil

RBD & winterised sunflower oil in flexitank, ISO tank & bottled

Sunflower oil is contracted on a short list of numbers, and CBIL brokers it against all of them: free fatty acid as oleic at ≤ 0.1% for a properly refined lot, moisture and impurities ≤ 0.1%, peroxide value ≤ 5 meq/kg at loading (it climbs with age and heat, so the figure only means something with a date against it), Lovibond colour in a 5¼-inch cell at ≤ 1.5 red / ≤ 15 yellow for a clean RBD oil, and iodine value of 118–141, which is what makes sunflower a polyunsaturated, light-tasting oil rather than a hard fat. The specification that separates a good lot from a problem lot is the cold test — winterised oil holds clear for 24 hours at 0 °C because the waxes have been chilled out and filtered. Skip winterisation and the oil clouds on a retail shelf in a cold warehouse or a chilled dressing, and the buyer rejects it on appearance alone. High-oleic sunflower (≥ 80% oleic) is a distinct product with far better fry life, sold at a premium and worth specifying only if your line needs the oxidative stability.

Buyers choose sunflower over its siblings for reasons that are not price: it is liquid and clear at ambient and chilled temperature where RBD palm olein clouds, it carries a neutral, light flavour that suits mayonnaise, dressings, retail bottling and premium frying, and it reads better than palm on a label in most European and Middle Eastern markets. It costs more than palm olein and typically trades at a premium to refined soybean oil — if your application is a hot fryer running continuously and appearance in the cold is irrelevant, palm olein will do the same job cheaper. Supply is structured from Ukrainian (government-controlled ports), Romanian and Bulgarian refining alongside Argentine origin, in 24 MT flexitanks, ISO tanks, drums and retail 1L/5L PET, with COA and SGS or Intertek certification of FFA, colour, peroxide, cold test, moisture and impurities, plus Halal and phytosanitary documentation, on FOB, CFR and CIF terms. Send your cold test, Lovibond ceiling and pack format and we will confirm supply against it.

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Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.