# ISO 3727:1977 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 3727:1977, item title is Butter — Determination of water, solids-not-fat and fat contents on the same test portion (Reference method); status code is 9599; successor is ISO 3727-1:2001 | ISO 3727-2:2001 | ISO 3727-3:2003 | ISO/DIS 3727-1; withdrawn / published date is 1977-11-01, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 3727:1977 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Butter — Determination of water, solids-not-fat and fat contents on the same test portion (Reference method) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 3727-1:2001 | ISO 3727-2:2001 | ISO 3727-3:2003 | ISO/DIS 3727-1 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1977-11-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 9207,IS,,ISO 3727:1977,"Butter — Determination of water, solids-not-fat and fat contents on the same test portion (Reference method)","Beurre — Détermination des teneurs en eau, en matière sèche non grasse et en matière grasse sur la même prise d'essai (Méthode de référence)",1977-11-01,1,['67.100.20'],ISO/TC 34/SC 5,9599,,"[35212,29474,29475,9208]","['en','fr']",3,"
Depending on the content to be estimated the method described uses three different steps for determination, i.e. drying of a known mass of butter at 102 +/- 2 degrees centigrade and weighing to determination the loss of mass, extraction of the fat from the dried butter with light petroleum or n-hexane and weighing of the resid ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).