INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
ISO 27608:2010(E)
© ISO 2010 – All rights reserved
1
Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of
Lovibond
®
colour — Automatic method
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies a method for the
determination of Lovibond
®1)
colour of animal and
vegetable fats and oils using automatic instrumentation.
NOTE 1
The interlaboratory trials have shown that these instruments are not suitable for use with oils and fats with a
colour intensity above 4 Lovibond
®
red units, for which
the manual reference method, ISO 15305
[5]
, is applicable.
NOTE 2
The trials also showed that these instruments are not suitable for samples with strong blue, green, and
brown
hues, for which the manual reference method, ISO 15305
[5]
, is applicable.
2 Normative
references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 661,
Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Preparation of test sample
