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 3 : Classes of and standards for cultured milk |
Type of primary dairy product |
Class/ Class designation |
Alternate class designation |
Milk fat content (%)(m/m) |
Minimum milk solids non-fat content |
Minimum milk protein content calculated on a fat-free basis (%)(m/m) |
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Calculated on the total content (%)(m/m) |
Calculated on a fat-free basis (%)(m/m) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Cultured milk |
Cultured high fat milk/Cultured high cream milk/Cultured high fat kefir/ Cultured high cream kefir/Cultured high fat yeast free kefir/Cultured high cream yeast free kefir |
High fat maas/ High cream maas/ High fat sour milk/High cream sour milk/High fat kefir/High cream kefir/ High fat yeast free kefir/ High cream yeast free kefir |
More than 4.5 |
8.2 |
8.6 |
3.0 |
Cultured full fat milk/Cultured full cream milk/Cultured full fat kefir/Cultured full cream kefir/Cultured full fat yeast free kefir/Cultured full cream yeast free kefir |
Sour milk/ Full fat sour milk/Full cream sour milk/Maas/Full cream maas/Full fat maas/Kefir/ Full cream kefir/Full fat kefir/Yeast free kefir/ Full cream yeast free kefir/ Full fat yeast free kefir |
More than 3.3 - 4.5 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
3.0 |
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Cultured medium fat milk/ Cultured medium cream milk/Cultured medium fat kefir/ Cultured medium cream kefir/Cultured medium fat yeast free kefir/ Cultured medium cream yeast free kefir |
Medium fat sour milk/Medium cream sour milk/ Medium fat maas/Medium cream maas/Medium fat kefir/ Medium cream kefir/Medium fat yeast free kefir/ Medium cream yeast free kefir |
More than 1.5 - 3.3 |
8.4 |
8.6 |
3.0 |
|
Cultured low fat milk/Cultured low fat kefir/Cultured low fat yeast free kefir |
Low fat sour milk/ Low fat maas/ Low fat kefir/ Low fat yeast free kefir |
More than 0.5 - 1.5 |
8.5 |
8.6 |
3.0 |
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Cultured fat free milk/ Cultured fat free kefir/Cultured fat free yeast free kefir |
Cultured Skim(med) milk/Skim(med) sour milk/ Fat free sour milk/Skim(med) maas/ Fat free maas/ Skim(med) kefir/ Fat free kefir/ Skim(med)yeast free kefir/ Fat free yeast free kefir |
Not more than 0.5 |
8.6 |
8.6 |
3.0 |