{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1238/annex-IV/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1238/annex-IV/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1238",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1238",
  "path": "annex/IV/part/II",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "PART II",
  "heading": "Compositional requirements and quality characteristics",
  "text": "Butter is a solid emulsion, mainly of the water-in-oil type, with the following compositional and quality characteristics:\nParameters\nContent and quality characteristics\nFat\nMinimum 82 %\nWater\nMaximum 16 %\nNon-fat solids\nMaximum 2 %\nFat acidity\nMaximum 1,2 mmole/100 g fat\nPeroxide value\nMaximum 0,3 meq oxygen/ 1 000 g fat\nNon-milk fat\nNot detectable by triglyceride analysis\nSensory characteristics\nAt least four out of five points for appearance, flavour and consistency",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/149 of 15 November 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 with regard to the compositional requirements and quality characteristics of milk and milk products eligible for public intervention and aid for private storage."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1238/annex/IV/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:40.011432+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}