| Botanical Name: | Theobroma Cacao seed butter |
| Country of origin: | Ghana |
| Colour & Odor: | It has a sweet cocoa aroma,It has a pale yellow color, |
| Extraction Method: | Expeller pressed |
| Solubility: | It is insoluble in water and soluble in warm alcohol or oils |
| Blends well with: | Coco butter blends well with warm oils or alcohols. |
| This oil blends well with ambrette, Amyris, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Cassie, Cistus, Frankincense, and essential oils. The agarwood oil suppliers in India offer these oils to fragrance makers and other users for blending purposes.: | Coenraad Johannes van Houten invented the coco butter. As of November 2018, evidence suggests that it was first domesticated in South America, before being domesticated in Central America around 1500 years later. |
| Uses: | It is a rich fat source that makes coco butter ideal to use in making of chocolates. It is a major ingredient in chocolates. Coco butter is considered the best base for medicinal suppositories. This butter has a melting point of around 34–38 °C, that the reason, chocolate melts once inside the mouth. |
| Therapeutic Benefits: | Due to the rich fatty acids, coco butter has the ability to hydrate and nourish the skin and also improves the elasticity. Form a protective barrier over the skin which is why it is highly added in creams and body lotions so that moisture can hold onto the skin. It not only hydrates skin but also heals the skin from within. Coco butter works well to heal chapped lips also. |