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    Acid number helps identify rancidity in fat and oil. When fat and oil become rancid, triglycerides decompose to produce free fatty acids. The acid number measurement quantifies the level of free fatty acids present.

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    Acid number helps identify rancidity in fat and oil. When fat and oil become rancid, triglycerides decompose to produce free fatty acids. The acid number measurement quantifies the level of free fatty acids present.

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    Rancidity and Acid Number

    Uploaded by

    Md raihan Shaikh
    Acid number helps identify rancidity in fat and oil. When fat and oil become rancid, triglycerides decompose to produce free fatty acids. The acid number measurement quantifies the level of free fatty acids present.

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    Acid number helps in the identification of
    rancidity in fat and oil.
    • In Rancidity of fat and oil, there is decomposition of fat and oil,
    triglycerides which produce free fatty acids.

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