Cocoa Butter

Our Natural Deodorized Cocoa Butter is extracted from the cocoa bean, refined, deodorized and left in it's natural color. This version is higher in natural anti-oxidents than the white refined because it does not go through the bleaching process. Because of the deodorization, it does not have the strong natural odor that natural cocoa butter is known for. This is great for soap making and personal care products where odor is an issue.

Benefits of cocoa butter: Well, for starter's it is the primary ingredient in the commercial production of both white and milk chocolate and we all know how important chocolate is to our lives. In fact, chocolate production pretty much dominates the consumption of cocoa butter and really drives the price on this tasty commodity.

Cocoa butter is also one of the most stable fats known to man. When you couple that with it’s high antioxidant properties, it is great at preventing rancidity of all sorts of products. This makes it a great addition to any product with a high oil content. When you add all that to the fact that cocoa butter has amazing emollient properties and a very pleasant fragrance, it is no wonder that it has become popular in soaps and personal care products. These properties also make pure bulk cocoa butter a popular ingredient in stretch mark creams. In fact today, most stretch mark creams on the market contain large quantities of this amazing ingredient and many larger companies use it as their main marketing push.