Table 1 Mean value ± standard deviation of physical–chemical characteristics of locally produced and imported edible vegetable oils collected from different sites in Gondar city, February to March, 2019

Niger seed at the market

0.32 ± 0.10

0.88 ± 0.07

13.84 ± 1.24

3.1 ± 1.1

129.5 ± 9.7

Niger seed at source

0.36 ± 0.11

0.79 ± 0.20

16.25 ± 2.5

3.0 ± 1.09

96.4 ± 6.8

Sunflower

0.32 ± 0.11

0.8 ± 0.15

15.2 ± 1.09

1.2 ± 0.51

121 ± 3.8

Avena

0.11 ± 0.09

0.79 ± 0.14

4.91 ± 1.18

1.0 ± 0.17

17.2 ± 2.6

Hayat

0.18 ± 0.12

0.81 ± 0.20

8.5 ± 0.98

1 ± 0.3

31.0 ± 7

Jersey

0.004 ± 0.01

0.81 ± 0.06

11.4 ± 1.06

0.9 ± 0.12

23.5 ± 2.7

Chief

0.08 ± 0.10

0.82 ± 0.06

3.4 ± 0.87

1.0 ± 0.3

15.5 ± 1.3

WHO standards

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