23.1.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 23/25
The interior of the cake must be soft and spongy.
The colour of the crumb may vary from light beige to yellow, depending on the colour of the butter and eggs used.
The taste is predominantly sweet, with a strong taste and aroma of butter and eggs; the sugar on its surface must be perceptible when it is eaten.
The fatty component of the mantecada creates a certain moistness in the mouth, which makes the product seem even fluffier.
The inside of the cake is soft and smooth on the palate.
c) Physico-chemical — moisture content: at least 13 % and not more than 19 % — proteins: at least 6 % — fat: at least 20 % and no more than 27 % — carbohydrates (glucose): at least 45 % — ash: no more than 1,70 % — water activity (aw): at least 0,7 and no more than 0,9
3.3.
Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only) ‘Mantecadas de Astorga’ are made exclusively from the following ingredients in the stated proportions: all-purpose wheat flour with a strength of between 100 and 150 ergs and a P/L ratio of between 0,28 and 0,60 (30 % [± 4 %]), hen’s eggs in shell or pasteurised (23 % [± 3 %]), fat (23 % [± 3 %]) in the form of dairy butter and lard (6 %-7,8 %) and sugar in the form of white sugar (20 % [± 4 %]).
Optionally, other minor ingredients may be added, such as honey, glucose syrup, dextrose, invert sugar or other, different types of sugar (no more than 3 % of the total sugar amount); also, butter flavour, humectants, raising agents, emulsifiers and permitted preservatives.
3.4.
Specific steps in production that must take place in the defined geographical area All steps in production, namely aerating the fat, beating the eggs and sugar, preparing the mixture, piping, sprinkling of sugar on the surface and baking, take place in the geographical area defined in point 4.
3.5.
Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product to which the registered name refers The product must be packaged in the same (registered) plant in which it is produced, in wooden crates, tins or cardboard boxes, either prepackaged or bulk packaged in plastic bags.
The packaging may be closed in a number of different ways.
3.6.
Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers Any packaging in which the product is dispatched for consumption must bear a numbered certification label that must include the EU’s PGI symbol and the name ‘Mantecadas de Astorga’, together with the PGI’s own logo.
The labels must be affixed at the packaging plant in such a way that they cannot be reused.
The PGI’s own logo is: