Natural Cocoa Butter

Cocoa butter is used to make the highest quality of Chocolates and increasingly used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics & personal care.

1. Product Name: Natural Cocoa Butter
2. Ingredients: 100 % from cocoa fat
3. Intended Use: Chocolate manufacturing, Cosmetics and other Cocoa confectionary.

4. Organoleptic Description:
Appearance transparent and clear, with no visible sediments.
Color Light Yellow
Taste Full Cocoa Taste, no off flavors
Odor Rich Cocoa Aroma, no off flavors

5. Physical and Chemical Parameters
Specification:
Free Fatty Acid, as Oleic Acid % 1.75 max
Moisture % 0.2 max
Iodine value gI2/100g 33-42
Peroxide value meq O2/kg 4 max
Saponification value mg KOH/g 188-198
Unsaponifiable matter % 0.35 max
Melting point C 31 - 35
Refractive Index (ND40 C) 1.456 - 1.459

Metal Contamination
Lead (Pb) mg/kg 0.5 max
Cadmium (Cd) mg/kg 0.5 max
Tin (Sn) mg/kg 40 max
Arsen (As) mg/kg 0.1 max

6. Microbiological Parameters
Specification:
Total Plate Count cfu/g 5000 max
Yeast cfu/g 50 max
Mould cfu/g 50 max
Enterobacteriaceae - Negative
Salmonella - Negative
E.coli APM/g Negative

7. Standard: Based on SNI No. 01-3748-2009
8. Packaging:
Carton boxes as secondary packaging, odorless and food grade specifications, with plastic High
Density Polyethylene (HDPE) inside as primary packaging. Nominal weight of 25 kg / box net.

9. Optimum Storage Conditions:
Store in a cool dry place away from strong odours, protected against water and heat.
It is recommended to:
Store in areas of low relative humidity, best under 60%.
Store at relatively cool temperatures, preferably a maximum 25C.
Keep free from foreign odors such as coffee, tea, spices, chemicals etc.
Transport temperatures should be ambient, recommended below 25C.

10. Shelf Life:
Two years under recommended storage conditions.