General : Shall be pure, clarified milk fat obtained by cooking of cream, butter etc., free from sediment or foreign colouring matter.
Colour : Shall be Golden yellow to yellowish in colour.
Flavour : Shall have a natural, sweet, pleasant odour, agreeable taste and shall be free from rancid or other objectionable flavour.
Texture : The solid phase shall be of well defined granular structure.
2) CHEMICAL :
Percent Fat (min.) : 99.7 Percent
Moisture (max.) : 0.30 Percent
Free fatty acid (max.) : 0.60 (as oleic acid)
Butyro refractometer reading : 400 to 430 (at 400C)
Reichert Meissl value (min.) : 28.0
Polenske value : 1.0 – 2.0
Baudoin test : Negative
The phenolphthalein test, the Phytosterol acetate test and test for Animal fats shall be negative.
3) PACKING : Packing should be in pouches, Cartons, J ars and Tins of 200 ml, 500 ml, 1 litre, 15Kg.