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.
