Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) has been one of the most popul
ar thermal analysis techniques during the last two decades. The presen
t work shows the utilization of DSC on the determination of solid fat
content in fats. Solid fat content values were calculated through the
partial areas of DSC heating curves. In a comparison with pulse NMR va
lues, DSC values were generally higher than the pNMR ones. Differences
between samples and the techniques themselves seems to be responsible
for this fact. DSC is a fast technique on solid fat content, characte
ristic temperatures and phase transitions enthalpies determinations be
sides giving a characteristic curve of each sample.