Cocoa butter

Cocoa butter is a pale yellow, edible vegetable fat obtained from the roasted and shelled seeds(semen cacao) of the cocoa fruit (DAB9). At room temperature cocoa butter is rather solid and brittle (no butter, no oil). Cocoa butter is easily soluble in ether and chloroform.
Cocoa butter is used in cosmetic products as a moisturizer and emollient. Medically, it is often used as a base for suppositories.

Mixture of triglycerides, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid.

Lotions and oils with cocoa butter are often used in aromatherapeutic massages to promote relaxation and well-being.

Cosmetics: Cocoa butter is used under the INCI designation"Theobroma cacao butter" in cosmetic formulations as an emollient and consistency agent.