Product

Product Name     : Coconut butter

Batch no               : BA/BT/FM-10-3101201

Mfg. Date             : 31 Jan 2020

Expiry Date         : 30 Dec 2023

Botanical name  : Cocos nucifera

INCI name           : Cocos Nucifera (Coconut Butter) 

Date of retest       : 30 Dec 2021

                                                                                                                                  

Oragnoleptic properties

Specification

Test Method

Result

Appearance

White to off-white yellowish  semisolid fat.

Visual and Sensory

Complies

Odour

Almost odourless

Sensory

Complies

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in costametic & vegetable

BA-QC-016-010

Complies

Physical Characteristic

 

 

 

Refractive index @ 20 oC

1.452 to 1.488

BA-QC-016-008

1.468

Acid value

NMT 2.0mgKOH/gm

BA-QC-016-001

0.32

Iodine value

35 to 65

BA-QC-016-003

50

Melting point

20 to 45°C

BA-QC-016-047

31

Water

0.2% max

BA-QC-016-047

Complies

Peroxide value

5 max

BA-QC-016-002

3.1

Saponifiable number

160 to 200

BA-QC-016-005

184

Un saponifable matter

1.8% max

BA-QC-016-006

0.25%

Free fatty acid as oleic

0.85%

In house

Complies

Microbiological Analysis:

Standard Plate Count

Yeast and Mold Count

Escherichia coli

Salmonella

 

NMT 100 cfu/gm

NMT 10 cfu/gm

Absent

Absent

 

 

BA-QC-016-042

 

 

Complies

Assay by GC:%

Lauric acid

Palmitic acid

Stearic acid

Oleic acid

Linoleic acid

 

12 to 46

3.0 to 18

22 to 44

18 to 50

4.0 to 12

 

 

GC

 

26.5

14.25

26.36

18.36

2.25

 

 

 

 

 

In the mention of the above product is of standards quality.   

 

Storage: To keep the material cool and dark palace below at 25°C