EN ISO 3657:2023

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 3657:2020
Živalske in rastlinske maščobe ter olja - Določevanje števila umiljenja (ISO
3657:2023)
Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of saponification value (ISO
3657:2023)
Tierische und pflanzliche Fette und Öle - Bestimmung der Verseifungszahl (ISO
3657:2023)
Corps gras d'origines animale et végétale - Détermination de l'indice de saponification
(ISO 3657:2023)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 3657:2023
ICS:
67.200.10 Rastlinske in živalske Animal and vegetable fats
maščobe in olja and oils
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 3657
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 67.200.10 Supersedes EN ISO 3657:2020
English Version
Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of
saponification value (ISO 3657:2023)
Corps gras d'origines animale et végétale - Tierische und pflanzliche Fette und Öle - Bestimmung
Détermination de l'indice de saponification (ISO der Verseifungszahl (ISO 3657:2023)
3657:2023)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 May 2023.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 3657:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34 "Food
products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 307 “Oilseeds, vegetable and animal fats
and oils and their by-products - Methods of sampling and analysis” the secretariat of which is held by
AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2024, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2024.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 3657:2020.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 3657:2023 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 3657:2023 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3657
Sixth edition
2023-07
Animal and vegetable fats and oils —
Determination of saponification value
Corps gras d'origines animale et végétale — Détermination de l'indice
de saponification
Reference number
ISO 3657:2023(E)
ISO 3657:2023(E)
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ISO 3657:2023(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principle . 1
5 Reagents . 1
6 Apparatus . 2
7 Sampling . 2
8 Preparation of the test sample. 3
9 Procedure .3
9.1 Test portion . 3
9.2 Determination . 3
9.3 Blank test . 3
10 Expression of results . 3
11 Precision . 4
11.1 Results of interlaboratory test . 4
11.2 Repeatability . 4
11.3 Reproducibility . 4
12 Test report . 4
Annex A (informative) Results of the interlaboratory test . 5
Annex B (informative) Calculation of saponification value from fatty acid composition data .6
Bibliography .10
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ISO 3657:2023(E)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, Subcommittee SC 11,
Animal and vegetable fats and oils, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization
(CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 307, Oilseeds, vegetable and animal fats and oils and their by-products
— Methods of sampling and analysis, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation
between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition (ISO 3657:2020), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— errors in the calculations of the mean relative molecular mass (C16 TAG molecular weight) in B.7.4
and saponification value in B.7.5 have been corrected;
— incorrect values for the repeatability limit as well as the reproducibility limit values in Table A.1
have been corrected.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3657:2023(E)
Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of
saponification value
1 Scope
This document specifies a method for the determination of the saponification value of animal and
vegetable fats and oils. The saponification value is a measure of the free and esterified acids present in
fats and fatty acids.
The method is applicable to refined and crude vegetable and animal fats.
If mineral acids are present, the results given by this method are not interpretable unless the mineral
acids are determined separately.
The saponification value can also be calculated from fatty acid data obtained by gas chromatography
analysis as given in Annex B. For this calculation, it is necessary to
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