What is cocoa butter?
Cocoa butter is a pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from a cocao seed. (1)
Cocoa butter is also known as theobroma oil. (1)
What does cocoa butter do?
What does cocoa butter taste like?
has a cocoa flavor and aroma. (1)
What does cocoa butter contain?
saturated fats (1)
traces of caffeine and theobromine (1)
arachidic acid (1)
linoleic acid (1)
oleic acid (1)
palmitic acid (1)
palmitoleic acid (1)
stearic acid (1)
What does cocoa butter NOT contain?
caffeine (2)
What are types of cocoa butter?
adulterated cocoa butter ( 1)
Humans and Cocoa Butter
In the USA, 100% cocoa butter must be used for the product to be called chocolate. (1)
What else may a human use instead of cocoa butter? (alternatives, substitutes)
coconut oil (1)
palm oil (1)
soybean oil (1)
rapeseed oil (1)
cottonseed oil (1)
illipe oil (1)
shea butter (1)
mango kernel fat (1)
PGPR (1)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_butter
2. https://www.healthline.com/health/does-chocolate-have-caffeine#The-darker-the-chocolate,-the-higher-the-caffeine-content
