Grades of Apple Butter
Color Standards
- Color Standard for Canned Apple Butter is available for purchase. See How to Purchase Color Standards for more details.
Inspection Aid
- Headspace Gauge
- Inspection Aid 104 - USDA Defect Grading Plate for Tomato Catsup and Apple Butter.
See How to Purchase Inspection Aids for more details.
Detailed standards, Inspection Instructions & Other Resources:
- U.S. Grade Standards for Apple Butter (pdf)
- Inspection Instructions for Apple Butter (pdf)
- 21 CFR 150.110, Federal Food and Drug Definitions and Standards of Identity for Fruit Butters
- A-457 Determining Compliance with Requirements for Soluble Solids Content, April 1975
- Certification Manual
- Condition of Container Manual
- FDA Food Defect Action Levels
- Foreign Material Manual
- General Procedures Manual
- Instructions for Use and Care of the Visual Color Standards for Canned Apple Butter found in the Equipment Catalog for Fresh and Processed Inspections (pdf)
- Safety Manual
- Sanitation Manual
- SC 364-2 Score Sheet for Apple Butter
- Technical Procedures Manual
- U.S. Standards for Determination of Fill Weights
- U.S. Standards for Inspection by Variables