1、/i c. -S?/S 5 MIL-C-303LJ 9 997730b 0373465 b MIL-C-3031J 13 February 1987 SUPERSEDING MIL-C-3031H 26 March 1985 MILITARY SPECIFICATION COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER This specification is approved for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense, 1. SCOPE _- 1.1 Scope. This docment cover
2、s cocoa beverage powder for use by the Department of Defense as an item of general issue and as a component of operational rations. 1.2 Classification. as specified (see 6.1). -i- - The product shall be of the following types and classes, Type I - Regular Type II - Commercial Class 1 - Fortified Cla
3、ss 2 - Nonfortified 2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS 2.1 Government documents 2.1.1 Documents. The following documents form a part of this document to the extent specified herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues of these documents shall be those listed in the issue of the Department of Defense Index o
4、f Specifications and Standards (DODISS) and supplement thereto, cited in the sol ici tat ion. Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineeri
5、ng Center, Natick, MA Document Improvement Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or by letter. 01760-5014 by using the self-addressed Standardization. AMSC NIA FSC 8960 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS AI
6、 PAGES. Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-303LJ 7 777770b 03734bb W MIL-C-3031J SPECIFICATIONS FEDERAL L-P-378 - Plastic Sheet and Strip, Thin Gauge, Polyolefin QQ-A-1876 - Aluminum Foil PPP-B-566 - Boxes, Folding, Paperboard PPP-
7、B-636 - Boxes, Shipping, Fiberboard MILITARY MIL-L-10547 - Liners, Case, and Sheet, Overwrap; Water- MIL-L-35078 - Loads, Unit: Preparation of Semiperishable Vaporproof or Waterproof, Flexible Subsistence Items; Clothing, Personal Equipment and Equipage; General Specification For STANDARDS FEDERAL F
8、ED-STD-595 - Colors MILITARY MIL-STD-105 - Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes MIL-STD-129 - Marking for Shipment and Storage (Copies of documents required by contractors in connection with specific acquisition functions should be obtained from the contracting activity or as
9、directed by the contracting activity.) I 2.1.2 Other Government documents. The following other Government documents form a part of this document to the extent specified herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues shall be those in effect on the date of solicitation. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
10、HUMAN SERVICES Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations promulgated there- under (21 CFR Parts 1-199) (Application for copies should be addressed to the Super-intendent of Docu- ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.) 2 Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction
11、or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-303LJ 87 M 7777706 0373L167 T M MIL-C-3031 J U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) U.S. Standards for Grades of Nonfat Dry Milk (Spray Process) General Specification for Approved Dairy Plants and Standards for Grades of Dairy Products (Appl
12、ication for copies should be addressed to the Dairy Standardization Section, Dairy Division, Room 27505, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMs), U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. ) 9 2.2 Other publications. The following documents form a part of this document to the extent specifi
13、ed herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues of the *g -i documents which-are DOD adopted shall be those listed in the issues of the DODISS specified in the solicitation, Unless otherwise specified, the issues of documents not listed in the DODISS shall be the issues of the nongovernment docume
14、nts which are current on the date of the solicitation, ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS (AOAC) Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (Application for copies should be addressed to the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 1111 North 19th St
15、reet, Suite 210, Arlington, VA 22209.) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CEREAL CHEMISTS Approved Methods of-the AmericanAssociation of Cereal Chemists (Application for copies should be addressed to the American Association of Cereal Chemists, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121.) ASSOCIATION OF VITAMIN
16、CHEMISTS - Methods of Vitamin Assay (Application for copies should be addressed to the Interscience Publishers, Inc., Division of John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10016. ) THE UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIAL CONVENTION, INC. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National
17、Formulary (NF) (Application for copies should be addressed to the U.S. Pharmacopoeial Convention, 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852.) 3 Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-30313 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Food Chemicals
18、 Codex (Application for copies should be addressed to the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418.) NATIONAL MOTOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION, INC., AGENT National Motor Freight Classification (Application for copies should be addressed to the American Trucking
19、Associations, Inc., Traffic Department, 2200 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA 22314.) ThlIFORM CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE, AGENT Uniform Freight Classification (Application for copies should be addressed to the Uniform Classification Committee, Suite 1106, 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606,) (Tech
20、nical society and technical association documents are generally available for reference from libraries. They are also distributed among technical groups and using Federal agencies .) 9; 2.3 Order of precedence, In the event of conflict between the text of this document and the references cited herei
21、n, the text of this document shall take precedence. Nothing in this document, however, shall supersede applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained. 3. REQUIREMENTS 3.1 Bid sample approval. Three 16-ounce samples, representative of the product which the bidder propos
22、es to furnish shall be submitted to the contracting officer prior to the bid opening and will be tested to the extent necessary to properly evaluate the bid. One sample of those selected by the contracting officer shall be used to determine bid sample approval by panel testing (see 6.3). The remaini
23、ng two samples submitted by the successful bidder shall be used as approved reference samples for determining the acceptability of deliveries, as concerns palatability. The approval of any bid sample for palatability will not constitute approval of the sample as meeting the other requirements of thi
24、s document. 4 Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-30313 3.2 Ingredients. All ingredients shall be clean, sound, wholesome, and free from foreign material, evidence of rodent and insect infestation, extraneous material, off-odors, of
25、f-flavors, and off-colors. For type I product only, the following ingredient requirements shall apply. 3,2,1 Cocoa. Cocoa powder shall be prepared from nibs of domestically roasted, mature, well fermented, sound and wholesome cocoa beans, which have been properly dried, cured, and mildly alkalized i
26、n accordance with the definitions and standards of the Food and Drug Administration. The pH shall be not less than 6.0 nor more than 7.5, and the fat content (cocoa butter) shall be not less than 14 percent. Chemically extracted cocoa, in part or whole, shall not be acceptable. When washed with petr
27、oleum ether, not less than 98 percent by weight shall pass through a U.S. Standard No. 200 sieve. k 3.2.2 Sugar. Sugar shall be white, refined, granulated, superfine, extrafine or smaller grind, cane or beet sugar or a combination thereof. 3.2.3 Milk, nonfat dry (low heat). Nonfat dry milk shall be
28、U.S. Extra Grade, Low Heat as defined in the U.S. Standards for Grades of Nonfat Dry Milk (spray process). The nonfat dry milk shall be spray dried not more than-60 days prior to the time the finished cocoa beverage powder is filled into the envelope and the envelope sealed. 3.2.4 Salt, Salt- shall
29、be noniodized white, refined sodium chloride with or without anticaking agents. 9 3.2.5 Flavoring, Vanilla extract, pure vanilla sugar, vanillin, ethyl vanillin, methyl vanillin or combinations of these, may be used. 3.2.6 Vitamins. Vitamin A shall be the dry, water-dispersible vitamin A palmitate,
30、stabilized in gelatin, gums, or other edible materials with or without sugar, One hundred percent of the stabilized vitamin A palmitate shall pass through a U.S. Standard No. 20 sieve, and not less than 90 percent shall pass through a U.S. Standard No. 30 sieve. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), thiamine m
31、ononitrate, and pyridoxine hydrochloride shall be of U.S. Pharmacopoeia grade, and the particle size shall be such that the vitamins will be uniformly distributed throughout the cocoa beverage powder. 3.2.7 Lecithin. Lecithin shall comply with the Food Chemicals Codex description for lecithin. 3.2.8
32、 Stabilizers. Stabilizers shall be of cold water soluble type. * 3.2.9 Creamer, nondiary, dry. The dry, nondairy creamer shall contain not less than 30 percent fat and shall be a white to light cream color, free- flowing, uniformly granular powder that is free from foreign materials and free 5 Provi
33、ded by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-303LJ 7 W 7779706 0373470 T MIL-C-3031J from noticeable scorched particles. The product shall impart a sweet my flavor, free from foreign or objectionable flavors and odors (e.g., sour, malty, tallowy,
34、 stale, soapy, rancid, or bitter). 3.2.10 Whey, dried, reduced lactose. The dried reduced lactose whey shall comply with the Food and Drug Administrations regulations for Direct Food Substances Affirmed as Generally Recognized as Safe. The whey shall be free flowing and not more than 60 days old fro
35、m time of spray drying to the time the finished cocoa beverage powder is filled into the envelope and the envelope sealed. Division, AMs, USDA. The whey shall have been pasteurized before spray drying and meet the following requirements of chemical analyses: The whey shall be manufactured in a plant
36、 approved by the Dairy Protein (N x 6.38) - Not less than 16.0 percent Ash - Not more than 16 percent Mo i s tur e - Not more than 5 percent 3.3 Preparation and process ing. 3.3.1 Product formulation. The ingredients for type I product shall be uniformly mixed in the following proportions: Ingredien
37、t Percent by weight Sugar Nondairy creamer Nonfat dry milk (solids) - i/ Cocoa Salt Vi tamins Flavoring Leci thin Stabilizers Not more than 45 percent Not less than 35 percent Not less than 9.9 percent Not less than 9.5 percent Not more than 0.5 percent (For class 1 product only - In quantities to c
38、omply with 3.4.2) Sufficient to provide an acceptable flavor in the prepared ready-to- use product. Not more than 1 percent Not more than 1 percent i/ Whey, dried, reduced lactose meeting the requirements of 3.2.10, may be substituted on a 1 for 1 basis. 3.4 Finished product requirements. 3.4.1 Fini
39、shed product. The finished product shall conform to 3.4.2 or 3.4.3, as applicable. The beverage, prepared from the finished product, shall be equal in palatability to the approved bid sample. 6 Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-30
40、3LJ 87 7777706 0373471 L MIL-C-3031J 3.4.2 Type I product. The cocoa beverage powder shall consist of a well- blended homogeneous mixture of the specified ingredients; free of lumps which do not fall apart under light pressure and free of extraneous material. moisture content shall not exceed 3.0 pe
41、rcent by weight. have a maximum sedimentation of.1 mL and shall not contain “Floating“ agglomerated cocoa particles. (Note: A check for this defect can be made when the sedimentation test is run in an Imhoff cone. The particles appear as brown coalesced agglomerants that may be seen at the top surfa
42、ce of the beverage). Class 1 product shall have the following vitamin content per ounce: mononitrate - not less than - 0.56 mg, Pyridoxine hydrochloride - not less than 0.84 mg, Vitamin A palmitate - not less than 1670 I.U., Ascorbic acid - not less than 25 mg. The prepared ready-to-use product shal
43、l possess a good cocoa flavor and odor and disperse readily in hot or cold water. The Type I product shall Thiamine 3.4.3 Type II product, The type II product shall be a commercial cocoa beverage powder which disperses readily in hot or cold water and has a characteristic chocolate flavor. 9 3.5 Pla
44、nt qualification. The product shall be prepared, processed and packaged in establishments meeting the requirements of Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 110, “Current Good MAnufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Processing, Packaging or Holding of Human Foods“, and the plant sanitation req
45、uirements of the appropriate Government inspection agency, 3.6 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. All deliveries shall conform in . every respect to the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. 4. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS 4.1 Contractors r
46、esponsibility. Inspection and acceptance by the USDA shall not relieve the contractor of obligation and responsibility to deliver a product complying with all requirements of this document. product compliance prior to submitting the product to the USDA for any inspection. The contractor shall assure
47、 4.2 Inspection and acceptance service. Product acceptability shall be The USDA will determine the degree of acceptance determined by the USDA. service necessaryto assure compliance with the requirements of this document. The cost of grading and acceptance services performed by the USDA involving in
48、spection, official documentation, and related services shall be borne by the contractor. 7 Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-C-3031J 89 m 9777906 0373Li72 3 MIL-C-3031J 4.3 Quality conformance inspection. Unless otherwise specified,
49、 sampling for inspection shall be performed in accordance with MIL-STD-105. 4.3.1 Component and material inspection. In accordance with 4.1, components and materials shall be inspected in accordance with all the requirements of referenced documents unless otherwise excluded, amended, modified, or qualified in this document or applicable purchase document. 9: 4.3.1.1 Ingredient examination (for type I only). Conformance of ingredients
