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What is the difference between the acid fat hydrolysis test and the petroleum ether extract test?

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

zipman asked: Typically, foods are tested for fat levels but different testing methods can give very different results. For example, I saw the results for fat that were tested by acid hydrolysis and petroleum ether extract and noticed about a 10 fold difference. The acid hydrolysis test showed a fat ...