Dfrickster87 t1_j1skv9b wrote on December 27, 2022 at 1:48 AM

Reply to comment by berationalhereplz in TIL the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels Handbook details the acceptable levels of contaminants of food from sources such as maggots, thrips, insect fragments, “foreign matter”, mold, rodent hairs, and insect and mammalian feces. by anogre8me

I have a feeling you have more in depth knowledge than I do. But all I can say is that we do the same testing on palm oil. The tests are Free Fatty Acid and Peroxide Value. Palm oil results start to rise in a few months, and coconut oil hasn't risen in 6 years.

Edit: there may be more variables at play than I am aware of. But in our lab, they have the same storage conditions.

berationalhereplz t1_j1souhv wrote on December 27, 2022 at 2:20 AM

Yes the palm oil is rich in oleic, linoleic, etc. but fully hydrogenated palm oil (e.g., stearine) should not show oxidation due to the lack of double bonds.