The use in a hydrocarbon distillate with a boiling temperature comprised between 150 and 450° C. and with an onset crystallization temperature as measured by differential scanning calorimetry analysis, greater than or equal to −5° C., preferably from −5° C. to +10° C., of a homopolymer obtained from an olefinic ester of a carboxylic acid with 3 to 12 carbon atoms and of a fatty alcohol comprising a chain of more than 16 carbon atoms and optionally an olefinic double bond, as a compound for revealing the efficiency of filterability additives based on a copolymer and/or terpolymer of ethylene and of a vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid with 3 to 5 carbon atoms and of a monoalcohol comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms.