Food and Drug Regulations

B.09.005 [S]. Cocoa Butter shall be the fat from cocoa nibs, obtained either before or after roasting, or cocoa liquor, and shall have

• (a) a refractive index (40°C) of not less than 1.453 and not more than 1.458;

• (b) a saponification value of not less than 188 and not more than 202;

• (c) an iodine value (Hanus) of not less than 32 and not more than 41; and

• (d) an acid value of not more than five.