Unsalted Butter
The product is a solid emulsion of water in oil, pale yellow, creamy and homogenous with no streakiness or evident free moisture. Manufactured from fresh pasteurised cream derived from whole cow-milk, chilled and aged prior to churning on a continuous butter-maker to give a finished product with not less than 80% fat and non-salted.
Physical & Chemical Specifications:
Butterfat: | 81% minimum |
Moisture Content | 16.5% maximum |
Milk Solids (non-fat): | 2.5% maximum |
Salt | None |
Free Fatty Acids: | 1.2 mmole / 100 g fat |
Lipase | Not detectable in 1 gram |
Peroxidase value | 0.3 max meq oxygen / 1000 g fat |
Non milk fat | None detectable |
Microbiological Specifications:
Total viable count | <5000/gm |
Coliforms | Not detectable in 1 g |
E.Coli | Absent in 1 gram |
Salmonella | Absent in 25 grams |
Coagulase +ve Staphylococci | Absent in 1 gram |
Yeasts | <50 / gm |
Moulds | <50 / gm |
Listeria | Absent in 25 grams |
Packaging:
Packed in 25kg net cardboard boxes with an inner polyethylene liner.
Shelf Life:
Chilled (+1oC to +5oC): 3 months from date of manufacture
Frozen (colder than -18oC): 12 months from date of manufacture
Storage cold in dry conditions away from direct sunlight and odours.
Unsalted Butter