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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 14 : Classes of and standards for cream cheese with or without added foodstuff

 

Type of dairy

product

Class/ Class

designation

Alternate class

designation

Milk fat in dry matter

content

Minimum

dry matter

content

(%)(m/m)

Milk fat

content

(%)(m/m)

Minimum

(%)(m/m)

Maximum

(%)(m/m)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Cream cheese

Full fat cream cheese

# Mascarpone/ Cream cheese

70

*

45

At least 33

Medium fat cream cheese

*

52

69

35

20 - 34

* Not specified
# If a full fat cream cheese with or without added foodstuff is presented for sale as "Mascarpone", the pH value shall be more than 5.5 but not exceeding 6.6.