Turco & Co / UCO
Used cooking oil trading knowledge centre
A procurement desk needs more than an oil specification. These guides connect each buying decision to the evidence, sampling plan and shipment details needed to assess a real UCO offer.
UCO landed-cost calculator
Compare the cost per accepted tonne using your own price, shipment costs and quantity assumptions.
Buying & selling
How to buy used cooking oil in bulk
Build a usable bulk UCO buying requirement: quantity, quality, origin, documentation, delivery point and acceptance procedure.
Used cooking oil price per tonne: how to compare quotes
Understand a UCO price quotation and calculate comparable landed costs without confusing indicative offers with verified market prices.
How to qualify a used cooking oil supplier
A practical UCO supplier due-diligence file: legal identity, origin, availability, quality evidence and logistics readiness.
Sell used cooking oil in bulk: prepare a supplier offer
Prepare a bulk UCO offer with available quantity, collection origin, lot analysis, loading details and explicit commercial conditions.
UCO buyer RFQ checklist: request a comparable commercial offer
Build a used cooking oil request for quotation with quantity, intended use, acceptance methods, destination, delivery costs and documents.
Quality & testing
UCO quality: FFA, moisture, impurities and MIV
Read UCO quality parameters correctly: free fatty acids, moisture, insoluble impurities, MIV, methods and contractual acceptance.
Used cooking oil sampling: a buyer’s checklist
Plan representative UCO sampling with lot identification, sealed retained samples, laboratory instructions and an agreed acceptance point.
UCO certificate of analysis vs technical data sheet
Understand COA and TDS documents for used cooking oil: measured lot results, indicative specifications, units and evidence gaps.
Filtered UCO vs pretreated UCO: questions for suppliers
Specify what filtration and pretreatment mean in a UCO offer and request analytical evidence of the material actually delivered.
UCO contaminants: phosphorus, metals and buyer-specific testing
Go beyond FFA and MIV when reviewing used cooking oil: agree contaminant parameters, test methods, detection limits and receiving-process acceptance.
Shipping & documentation
UCO collection and origin: what a trader needs to know
Connect used cooking oil collection records to a tradable lot: source description, aggregation, transfers and quantity reconciliation.
Shipping used cooking oil in a flexitank
Prepare a UCO flexitank shipment with carrier approval, equipment compatibility, payload checks, sampling and receiving arrangements.
FCA, FOB and CIF for UCO: choosing a delivery basis
Questions to resolve when selecting an Incoterm for bulk or containerised UCO, including named places and comparable costs.
UCO traceability: ISCC evidence and the Union Database
Organise origin, operator, certificate and transaction evidence for human review of a UCO sustainability requirement.
Fuel applications
UCO, UCOME, HVO and SAF: what is the difference?
Distinguish used cooking oil feedstock from biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel when preparing a procurement file.
Used cooking oil versus virgin vegetable oil: procurement differences
Distinguish used and virgin cooking oils by origin and evidence, and separate both feedstocks from finished biodiesel or renewable diesel.
Discuss a documented UCO requirement
Send the quantity, loading and destination places, intended use, quality limits and required documents. Our trading desk can assess the file.
Discuss a documented UCO requirement →