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Product Features
• Easy to use, easy to read and eliminates guesswork
• Helps keep fried food quality high
• Helps save money by preventing the premature disposal of shortening
• Works equally well in animal, vegetable or a/v blend shortenings
• Up to 7% ffa (free fatty acid)
• Cooking oil testing
Description
3M™, 7000147070, Oil Quality Test Strips Kit
The 3M™ Shortening Monitor is used by dipping the strip into hot shortening until all four blue bands are submerged. After the strip is removed, the number of bands observed to change from blue to yellow indicates the exposure to a specific free fatty acid (FFA) concentration. For instance, if the bottom band completely changes from blue to yellow, but the top three stay blue, then there is a greater than 2% free fatty acid concentration but less than 3.5% FFA. As an operator, you can use the 3M™ Shortening Monitor test strips to determine the discard point for your shortening.