Cocoa Butter

White Cocoa Butter

elaine — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:39:17 +0000

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 effects of color and odor are an issue. The refining process involves diatomaceous earth clay which is mixed with the melted butter during processing and is filtered out with fine filter presses; this filters the color along with some of the odor. The odor is further reduced by heating the butter under vacuum to pull off the volatile impurities to remove odor. No chemicals are used. All cocoa butter is solid at room temperature, but melts readily on contact with the skin.

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Prime Pressed Cocoa Butter

elaine — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:37:17 +0000

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 butters require cocoa butter for firmness. It’s the perfect oil for massaging daily into fast-growing pregnant bellies to try to prevent stretch marks from developing. In soapmaking, cocoa butter should be used along with more easily absorbed unsaturated oils such as olive, jojoba, castor, or avocado. A soap made with too high a percentage of cocoa butter will be hard and prone to cracking. Limit cocoa butter to approx. 15% of your total fats and oils. Use it to counterbalance the stickiness of certain fats such as shea butter. SAP value: 193.8. INCI name: Theobroma Cacao.

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Deodorized Cocoa Butter

elaine — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:22:29 +0000

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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