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

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Regulations relating to Coffee, Chicory and related products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part II : Categories of and Standards for Coffee, Chicory and Related Products

7. Instant coffee (soluble coffee extract)

 

(1) Instant coffee (soluble coffee extract)—
(a) shall consist of the dried soluble solids obtained by spray drying or freeze drying the water extraction of freshly roasted coffee beans;
(b) shall contain only the soluble and aromatic constituents of coffee, apart from those insoluble substances which are not possible to remove and insoluble oils derived from coffee;
(c) shall be in the free flowing powder, agglomerated or granule form; and
(d) may contain food additives.

 

(2) Recovered volatile coffee aromas may be added to Instant coffee (soluble coffee extract).