Reference number
ISO 6541:1981
ISO 6541:1981
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International Standard
ISO 6541:1981
Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — Modified Scharrer method
Edition 1
1981-06
1981-06
ISO 6541:1981
12936
Published
(Edition 1, 1981)
This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2021.
Therefore this version remains current.
ISO 6541:1981
ISO 6541:1981
12936
CHF
44
Abstract
The method is applicable to cereals and cereal products as well as to certain products containing less the 1 % of crude fibre. It consists in boiling with a mixture of acetic acid, nitric acid and trichloroacetic acid (after any necessary grinding and defatting). Then separation and washing of the insoluble residue on a filter crucible. Drying and weighing of the insoluble residue, and determination of the loss of mass on incineration.