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Annex XX Method for the determination of the content of waxes, fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters by capillary gas chromatographyF1

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Figure 1

Example of a gas chromatogram of the wax fraction of an olive oil f1

Figure 2

Methyl esters, ethyl esters and waxes in a virgin olive oil

Figure 3

Methyl esters, ethyl esters and waxes in an extra virgin olive oil

Figure 4

Part of a chromatogram of an extra virgin olive oil and the same oil spiked with deodorised oil

  1. 1PURPOSE
  2. 2PRINCIPLE
  3. 3APPARATUS
  4. 4REAGENTS
  5. 5PROCEDURE
  6. 6EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
  7. AAppendix A

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2011 of 24 January 2011 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis.

Footnotes

f1

After elution of the sterol esters, the chromatogram should not show any significant peaks (triacylglycerols).