Category: Cocoa Butter

Few reasons why you should restrict use of Cocoa Butter

Memories of cocoa butter are always sweet. But cocoa butter has its own kind of bitter memories too, reasons which force people to restrict use of it. There is no chocolate without cocoa butter and cocoa butter has its own medication properties that heals several ailments in many ways. But cocoa lovers all over the [...]

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Posted in Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Butter Side Effects, Uses of Cocoa Butter on Oct 5th, 2010, 12:13 pm by jjones     

Cocoa Butter vs Shea Butter: Pros, cons, similarities and differences

There is always a debate on whether cocoa butter is better than shea butter, or if shea butter has an edge over cocoa butter. But both, cocoa butter and shea butter are important ingredients for moisturizing our skin in every possible way. Shea butter is a great natural hair and skin moisturizer, while cocoa butter [...]

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Posted in Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Butter Benefits on Oct 5th, 2010, 6:04 am by jjones     

Cocoa butter family: Various types of cocoa trees

Similar to coffee beans that have different varieties, there are varied types of cocoa trees that produce the pods holding the cocoa beans. Each of these pods have different characteristics and this determines the flavor and quality of chocolates made using cocoa butter. To understand what quality of cocoa butter makes a difference in chocolate [...]

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Posted in Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Butter Benefits on Oct 4th, 2010, 8:37 am by jjones     

White Cocoa Butter

Cocoa Butter (white, ultra refined): Obtained from the fruit of the Cacao tree (Theobroma Cacao) in Africa. From its seed kernels, the butter is extracted and further processed and refined to obtain a white, neutral colored butter which has virtually no odor, making it ideally suited for use in high end cosmetics and toiletries where [...]

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Posted in White Cocoa Butter on Aug 5th, 2007, 6:39 pm by elaine  Comments Off   

Prime Pressed Cocoa Butter

Cocoa butter is a fabulous addition for balms, lotions, creams, and soaps because of cocoa butter’s softening and skin-healing properties. This cocoa butterr has a beautiful light aroma of chocolate. In soapmaking, if you need to make a harder bar of soap, cocoa butter may be the answer for you. Most lip balms and massage [...]

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Posted in Prime Pressed Cocoa Butter on Aug 5th, 2007, 6:37 pm by elaine     

Deodorized Cocoa Butter

Deoderize Cocoa Butter only has a faint smell of cocoa butter. This edible fat from the cocoa pod is a very stable fat containing natural anitoxidants that give it a long shelf life of over 3 years. It has a definite yellow color. Great for soap making, and creams.
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Posted in Deoderized Cocoa Butter on Aug 5th, 2007, 6:22 pm by elaine     

 
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