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This International Standard specifies the reference method for the determination of the fat content of milkbased infant food s. The method is applicable to liquid, concentrated and dried milk-based infant foods with no, or not more than a mass fract ion of 5 % (dry matter) of such added matter as starch, dextri n, vegetables, fruit, and meat. The method is not applicable t o products which do not dissolve completely in ammonia owing t o the presence of starch or dextrin at mass fractions of more than a few percent, or to the presence of hard lumps. The meth od is also not applicable to products which contain free fatty acids in significant quantities. The results obtained for the se products are too low.