{"id":7509,"date":"2024-10-29T00:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T00:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/2024\/10\/29\/olive-oil-home-test-for-adulteration-alpha-tocopherol-and-vitamin-e\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T05:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T05:54:19","slug":"olive-oil-home-test-for-adulteration-alpha-tocopherol-and-vitamin-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/?p=7509","title":{"rendered":"Olive oil, home test for adulteration. Alpha-tocopherol and Vitamin E."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author, Jorge Auristondo Vilches, Toxicologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olive Oil is rich in Vitamin E and Tocopherols. Alpha-tocopherol is the predominant form of Vitamin E in Olive Oil. It acts as a powerful natural antioxidant that protects the lipids in the oil and provides health benefits, such as supporting immune function and cellular protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I. – Oxidation Test (Oxidative Stability)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alpha-tocopherol is an antioxidant that protects the oil from oxidation. If you have a good quality olive oil, it should resist oxidation better than other oils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a basic test, place some oil in a small dish and expose it to air for several days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the oil starts to go rancid quickly (gives off an unpleasant smell or changes its taste), it is possible that it is low in antioxidants such as alpha-tocopherol and is adulterated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II.- UV (ultraviolet) Light Test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alpha-tocopherol helps protect olive oil from the damaging effects of light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place a small amount of Olive Oil in a clear glass jar and expose it to direct sunlight or UV light for a few hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the oil retains its colour and does not change its odour, it may be a sign that it contains antioxidants such as Alpha-tocopherol that protect it. However, a change in colour or aroma would indicate a lower amount of antioxidants and it is adulterated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author, Jorge Auristondo Vilches, Toxicologist. Olive Oil is rich in Vitamin E and Tocopherols. Alpha-tocopherol is the predominant form of Vitamin E in Olive Oil. It acts as a powerful natural antioxidant that protects the lipids in the oil and provides health benefits, such as supporting immune function and cellular protection. I. – Oxidation Test … Sigue leyendo Olive oil, home test for adulteration. Alpha-tocopherol and Vitamin E.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8706321,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2372,6493,177838989,2127],"tags":[4763933,5228055,1272213,4099676,4919775,26098,482278],"class_list":["post-7509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economia","category-publicaciones","category-quimica-casera","category-salud","tag-chemical-analysis","tag-food-adulteration","tag-food-technology","tag-home-chemistry","tag-household-chemistry","tag-laboratory","tag-olive-oil"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pzfQN-1X7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8706321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7509"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7514,"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7509\/revisions\/7514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicoterapia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}