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GB/T 20707-2021Quality requirement for cocoa butter (English PDF)

可可脂质量要求

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

November 26, 2021

Implementation date

December 1, 2022

Scope

GB/T 20707-2021 is the English-translated version of 可可脂质量要求.

GB/T 20707-2021 fixes the quality requirements of cocoa butter.

It gives the terms and definitions, the technical requirements - the sensory characteristics, the melting behaviour, the free fatty acids, the peroxide value, the unsaponifiable matter and the limits on contaminants - the inspection methods, the inspection rules, the rules by which a lot is judged, the labels and marks and the requirements on packaging, storage, transport and sale.

It applies to the production, inspection and sale of cocoa butter. Chocolate makers, traders and food inspectors use it. It replaces GB/T 20707-2006, was issued on 26 November 2021 and has applied since 1 December 2022.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
67.140.30
Classification
X 24
Replacing
GB/T 20707-2006

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • Foreword
  • 1 Scope
  • 2 Normative references
  • 3 Terms and definitions
  • 4 Technical requirements

Foreword

This document is a recommended national standard for food quality, in accordance with GB/T 1.1-2020 Standardization Guidelines Part 1: Standardization Documents The structure of the document and the drafting rules are drafted.

This document replaces GB/T 20707-2006 "Cocoa Butter". Compared with GB/T 20707-2006, this document is subject to editorial changes. The main technical changes are as follows.

--- Deleted "Excluding deodorized cocoa butter" in the scope (see Chapter 1 of the 2006 edition);

--- Modified the expressions of "color" and "odor" in sensory indicators (see Table 1, 2006 version of Table 1);

---Added the net content requirement in the technical requirements (see 4.3);

--- Deleted the total arsenic and microbiological requirements (see 5.4 in the 2006 edition);

---Added batches in the inspection rules (see 6.1.1);

--- Modified the description of sampling, determination and re-inspection requirements (see 6.1.2, 6.2, Chapter 6 of the 2006 edition);

--- Modified the description of labeling and marking requirements (see Chapter 8, Chapter 7 of the 2006 edition);

---Added the contents of "packaging", "storage", "transportation" and "sales" (see Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, and Chapter 12);

--- Deleted the normative appendix. determination of iodine value (see Appendix A of the 2006 edition);

---Added a normative appendix. Cocoa Butter Sensory Inspection Method (see Appendix A);

--- Added a normative appendix. potassium dichromate solution colorimetry (see Appendix B).

1 Scope

This document specifies the terms and definitions of cocoa butter, technical requirements, inspection methods, inspection rules, judgment rules, labels and signs, packaging, Quality requirements for storage, transportation and sales.

This document applies to the production, inspection and sale of cocoa butter.

2 Normative references

The content of the following documents constitutes an indispensable clause of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, dated quotations Only the version corresponding to the date is applicable to this document; for undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.

GB/T 191 Packaging, storage and transportation pictorial signs

GB 5009.3 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Moisture in Food

GB 5009.229 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Acid Value in Food

GB/T 5527 Determination of Refractive Index of Animal and Vegetable Oils

GB/T 5532 Determination of iodine value of animal and vegetable oils

GB/T 5534 Determination of saponification value of animal and vegetable oils

GB/T 5535.1 Determination of unsaponifiable matter of animal and vegetable fats and oils Part 1: Ether extraction method

GB/T 5535.2 Determination of unsaponifiable matter of animal and vegetable fats and oils Part 2: Hexane extraction method

GB/T 5536 Testing Method for Melting Point of Vegetable Oils JJF1070 Quantitative packaging product net content measurement and inspection rules Measures for the Metrological Supervision and Administration of Quantitatively Packaged Commodities (Order No. 75 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 Cocoa butter

Cocoa beans are used as raw materials and are processed by cleaning, screening, roasting, shelling, refining, and pressing.

4 Technical requirements

4.1 Sensory requirements

Should meet the requirements of Table 1.

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GB/T 20707-2006Quality requirement for cocoa butterprevious editionSuperseded

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