Pumpkin, also known as Pumpkin, Pumpkin, pumpkin seed oil content of 35% ~ 50% , some varieties can reach more than 60% . Pumpkin seed oil, also known as white melon seed oil, natural pumpkin seed oil rose red, more comprehensive nutritional content. Pumpkin seed oil, rich in zinc and other nutrients, is recognized as the most excellent vegetable oil for both medicine and food in the world.
Pumpkin seed oil is rich in unsaturated fat, and its main fatty acids are 36% ~ 61% linoleic acid, 21% ~ 47% OLEIC ACID, 7% ~ 15% palmitic acid and 3% ~ 13% stearic acid. In addition, Pumpkin seed oil also contains phytosterol, amino acids, vitamin E, Carotenoid, minerals and other bioactive substances, especially zinc, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus content is very high. Pumpkin seed oil also contains an active biological catalyst ingredients can be called male hormones, can eliminate the initial prostate swelling, on the urinary system and prostate hyperplasia has a good treatment and prevention. Pumpkin seed oil is thought to be very good for men. Pumpkin seed oil, especially unrefined pumpkin seed oil, is rich in phytosterols, mainly including stigmasterol, stigmasterol, oat sterol and spinach sterol, this characteristic is obviously different from the phytosterols contained in other vegetable oils such as corn oil and rice bran oil, and endows pumpkin seed oil with special health functions, such as stronger anti-oxidation and anti-aging effect, enhance immune function and anti-allergic, hypolipidemic effect.
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Result |
Limit |
Fatty Acid Profile: |
Palmitic acid Stearic acid Oleic acid Linoleic acid Alpha linolenic acid Others |
C16:0 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3ω3
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6.0 - 15.0 % 3.0 - 8.0 % 15.0 - 41.0 % 40.0 - 65.0 % 0.0 - 5.0 % 0.0 - 2.5 % |
Physical&Chemical Properties: |
Color(Gardner) Acid Value Peroxide Value Saponification Value Iodine Value Specific gravity Unsaponifiable matter Moisture & Volatile |
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Reddish Brown ≤1.0mg KOH/g ≤5.0meq/kg 185-200 mg KOH/g 105- 130 g/100g 0.910 - 0.935 ≤2.0% ≤0.05% |
Microbiology: |
Total aerobic count Molds Yeast Aflatoxin E.coli Salmonella Staphylococcus Aureus |
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≤1000 CFU/g ≤50 CFU/g ≤50 CFU/g Negative Negative Negative Negative |
Contaminants:: |
Lead: Cadmium: Mercury Arsenic Pesticide solvents: Residual solvents: |
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≤0.05mg/kg ≤0.05 mg/kg ≤0.05 mg/kg ≤0.05 mg/kg undetected undetected |