Cocoa butter is a vegetable oil obtained from the seeds of cocoa butter. It has a 40 to 60 percent saturated fat and has fragrance notes of chocolate. Its melting point is usually between 34 to 38 ° C and because the melting point is close to body temperature it melt in the mouth easily. Cocoa butter, unlike cocoa solids, has no more than trace amounts of caffeine and theobromine.

Cocoa butter is the fat of Cocoa beans and completely edible. It is used in various industries including chocolate, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and hygienic.

Cocoa butter, is the most important and the most expensive component of the chocolate formulation.

Process of transforming cocoa beans into cocoa butter

The cocoa beans are left to make up for a week for fermentation and after drying, roast them on. This will cause the loosening of the crust and achieving a good flavor of the cocoa beans.

The cocoa beans are milled, and because of containing significant amounts of fat, in crunching the extract obtained thick liquid called chocolate liquor, which contain cocoa butter and cocoa solid.

After pressing, chocolate extract, isolated cocoa butter and the achievement after drying the body residue is cocoa powder.

White chocolate is not really chocolate, it is produced by cocoa butter with sugar and milk.

Deodorizing cocoa butter is necessary to reduce the amount of free fatty acids and desirable products.

The most important component of dark chocolate is Cocoa butter. Cocoa butter contains no cholesterol. Oleic acid, stearic and palmitic acid exist in cocoa butter.

Because much of it is stearic acid and this kind of acid has no impact on lipids increase on blood, therefore it is a fatty acid considered a neutral effect on blood cholesterol.

Cocoa butter reduces the blood clotting system, thereby protecting cardio - vascular role.

Other Uses

Cocoa butter is one of the most stable fats known, a quality that, coupled with natural antioxidants, prevents rancidity, giving it a storage life of two to five years. The velvety texture, pleasant fragrance and emollient properties of cocoa butter have made it a popular ingredient in products for the skin, such as soaps and lotions.

The moisturizing abilities of cocoa butter are frequently recommended for prevention of stretch marks in pregnant women, treatment of chapped or burned skin and lips, and as a daily moisturizer to prevent dry, itchy skin. Cocoa butter's moisturizing properties are also said to be effective for treating mouth sores. However, the largest clinical study regarding the effects of cocoa butter on stretch marks in pregnant women found that results were no different from a placebo.