THE REPORT

Sl No. 1 2 3 4 5 Brand Basso Del Monte Karmiq Leonardo Cesar

Insoluble Impurities

MRP (Rs) 749 799 390 699 700

As per FSS Regulations, insoluble impurities in olive pomace oil shall not be more than 0.05 per cent.

limit in all tested brands.

Free Fatty Acid (FFA) or Free Acidity

Free fatty acidity or free acidity is a very broad indicator of the oil’s quality, or at least how sound the olives were and how carefully the olives were processed. Oils with high free fatty acidity also tend to go rancid more rapidly.

As per FSS Regulations, free fatty acid or free acidity in olive pomace oil shall not be more than one per cent as oleic acid. So, lower is better for consumers. prescribed limit in all brands. It was lowest in Basso (0.04 per cent).