Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsClassification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaTablesTable 13 : Classes of and standards for process cheese and cheese spread 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) |
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Minimum (%)(m/m) |
Maximum (%)(m/m) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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High fat process cheese |
Double cream process cheese/ High cream process cheese |
60 |
* |
52 |
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Full fat process cheese |
Process cheese/ Full cream process cheese |
40 |
59 |
40 |
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Medium fat process cheese |
Medium cream process cheese |
25 |
39 |
30 |
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High fat cheese spread |
Double cream cheese spread/ High cream cheese spread |
60 |
* |
44 |
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Full fat cheese spread |
Cheese spread/ Full cream cheese spread |
40 |
59 |
40 |
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Medium fat cheese spread |
Medium cream cheese spread |
25 |
39 |
30 |
* | Not specified |