Vegetable oils have been rising its use in several areas ranging from lubricant additives up to cosmetic industry, therefore, the price of this commodities is rising and the research for new ways to ensure the purity of the oil. By another hand, the photopyroelectric techniques, which are based on the interaction of modulated light, sample, and sensor, have proven to be a useful tool to analyze thermal properties of several kinds of liquids, in several applications. In this work, an introduction to photothermal techniques is given and based on its capabilities the reasons why this kind of techniques can be used for the analysis of samples pureness.