Table 1.
Samples classified according to the refining process and the botanical origin.
| Refining process | Botanical origin | Subgroup: different mixtures | n | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical refining (Acid oils, AO) | Blends of AO from seed oils, cocoa butter and palm oilsa | Cocoa butter, rapeseed, soybean and palm oils (40/30/20/10) | 2 | 12 |
| Cocoa butter, palm and seed oils | 10 | |||
| Blends of AO from seed and palm oilsa | Soybean, rapeseed and palm oils (40/40/20) | 2 | 5 | |
| Sunflower, soybean, palm, corn and rapeseed oils | 3 | |||
| AO from olive pomace oil and blends of AO from olive pomace and olive oils | Olive pomace oil | 13 | 18 | |
| Olive pomace and olive oils (90/10) | 5 | |||
| Blends of AO from seed oilsab | Sunflower (80-90), rapeseed (20-10) and traces of palm and palm kernel oils and palm stearin | 1 | 9 | |
| Sunflower, corn and grapeseed oils (40/30/30) | 3 | |||
| Sunflower, soybean and corn oils | 3 | |||
| Sunflower, high oleic sunflower, soybean, corn and olive pomace oils | 2 | |||
| AO from sunflower oil | Sunflower oil | 18 | 18 | |
| Blends of AO from sunflower and soybean oilsa | Sunflower and soybean oils | 4 | 15 | |
| Sunflower and soybean oils (10/90) | 7 | |||
| Sunflower and soybean oils (80/20) | 2 | |||
| Sunflower and soybean oils (90/10) | 2 | |||
| AO from soybean oil | Soybean oil | 2 | 2 | |
| Physical refining (Fatty acid distillates, FAD) | FAD from coconut oil and blends of FAD from coconut and palm kernel oils (lauric FAD)a | Coconut and palm kernel oils | 3 | 5 |
| Coconut oil | 2 | |||
| FAD from palm oil | Palm oil | 6 | 6 | |
| FAD from olive pomace and olive oils | Olive pomace oil | 1 | 2 | |
| Olive oil | 1 |
a
For some blends the proportions were unknown.
b
Some blends have traces of fruit oils.