As a by-product of the fish meal processing by-product industry, fish oil is a material that has the potential to be reused if it undergoes further processing. What can be done is the bleaching process. This study aims to determine the quality of fish oil before and after the addition of adsorbent, obtain information on the best bleaching process conditions, determine the effect of the best type and concentration of adsorbent on the quality of fish oil, obtain the best adsorbent and concentration. Crude fish oil is weighed and heated. Then, when the temperature has reached 55-60 °C, adsorbents with various concentrations are added. The oil was then reheated and stirred at 80 °C for 30 minutes. After that, the oil was centrifuged at 6500 rpm for 20 minutes. The best type and adsorbent for the bleaching process was obtained using zeolite adsorbent with a concentration of 5%. The interaction of adsorbent type and concentration significantly affected each test parameter of yield, density, viscosity, free fatty acid content, acid number, peroxide number, total oxidation number, and p-anisidine number on the quality of fish oil.
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