"Manteiga de garrafa" (bottled butter fat) is a product widely used in the Northern part of Brazil, specifically in Salinas, an important producing region in the Northern part of Minas Gerais State. In spite of that, there is no a great number of references in the literature concerning this product. This study was carried out to characterize the physical and chemical properties of this dairy product, comparing the results obtained with the current legislation for this product (BRAZIL, 2002). Moisture, fat content, pH, salt, proteins, free fatty acids and acidity varied from 0.6 to 3.0%, 95.6 to 98.6%, 2.23 to 6.27, 0.74 to 1.79%, 0.12 to 0.15%, 7.60 to 48.08 mol/L, 0.6 to 9.52% of latic acid, respectively. All the "manteiga de garrafa" analysed, it was shown to be out of pattern considering the current legislation (BRAZIL, 2002).
"Manteiga de garrafa" (bottled butter fat); chemical properties; legislation
