Cocoa butter

Theobroma cacao
 Queen of emollient care
 For the Incas and Mayans, cocoa was sacred. It was made as offerings to influential people and gods, to appease their anger. Nowadays, it is a butter that is found a lot on the food market, but it is often very refined and deodorized.
 Botanical information
 Part: Bean
 English Name: Coco butter
 Extraction method: cold pressing
 Origin: Ghana
 Lipid information
 Oxidative fragility: extremely stable Storage: 3 years, in a dry place, protected from humidity, heat and dust
 Color: yellow
 Smell: chocolatey, sweet!
 Degree of penetration: medium
 Saponification index: 192
 Main components:
 AGS: stearic acid 35%
 palmitic acid 27%
 AGMI: .
 oleic acid 34%
 Therapeutic information
 Major properties: tones connective tissue, stimulates collagen production: emollient, nourishing, protective, ultra-softening and soothing
 Use: lotions, soaps; stretch marks, cellulite: lip care
 In soaps: excellent in solid soaps, to harden them and make them more emollient
 In emulsions: therapeutic, healing lotions
 In facial care: for lips
 In body care: lotions, ointments, salves, body butters
 Baby care: solid balms for bottoms and dry areas