Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Tables

Table 4 : Classes of and standards for buttermilk and cultured buttermilk
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Type of dairy

product

Class/ Class designation

Alternate class

designation

Milk fat

content

(%)(m/m)

Minimum milk

solids non-fat

content

calculated on

the total

content

(%)(m/m)

1

2

3

4

5
1. Buttermilk

Low fat buttermilk

*

More than 0.5 - 1.5

6.0

Fat free buttermilk

Skim(med) buttermilk

Not more than 0.5

6.0
2. Cultured buttermilk

Cultured high fat buttermilk

Cultured high cream buttermilk

More than 4.5

8.2

Cultured full fat buttermilk

Cultured buttermilk/Cultured full cream buttermilk

More than 3.3 - 4.5

8.3

Cultured medium fat buttermilk

Cultured medium cream buttermilk

More than 1.5 - 3.3

8.4

Cultured low fat buttermilk

*

More than 0.5 - 1.5

8.5

Cultured fat free buttermilk

Cultured skim(med) buttermilk

Not more than 0.5

8.6

* Not specified