Penentuan Kandungan Air didalam Minyak Zaitun di PT. Palmcoco Laboratories Medan.

Abstract

Determination of water content of olive oil at PT.PALMCOCO LABORATORIUM MEDAN has been done sampling done for three diffrent types of olive oil are olive oil of bertolli brand, olive oil of Rs brand, and olive oil of Ravika brand, derived from Pondok Buah Swalayan, jalan Setia Budi, Medan. The field of water content determination is done with the analysis by heating in the oven at 105- 110˚C for 3 hours, then cooled in desiccator for 30 minutes and counted the reduced weight. From the analysis results obtained water content in olive oil for olive oil samples Bertolli 0.063%, olive oil sample 0,068%, olive oil samples Ravika 0,053%. Conclusion is obtained that the analyzed olive oil has met the international quality standart that is ≤ 0,2%.