(Theobroma Cacao) Our cocoa butter is pure, food grade, prime pressed, golden. Cocoa butter is a fabulous addition for balms, lotions, creams, and soaps because of cocoa butter’s softening and skin-healing properties. This cocoa butterr has a beautiful light aroma of chocolate. In soapmaking, if you need to make a harder bar of soap, cocoa butter may be the answer for you. Most lip balms and massage butters require cocoa butter for firmness. It’s the perfect oil for massaging daily into fast-growing pregnant bellies to try to prevent stretch marks from developing. In soapmaking, cocoa butter should be used along with more easily absorbed unsaturated oils such as olive, jojoba, castor, or avocado. A soap made with too high a percentage of cocoa butter will be hard and prone to cracking. Limit cocoa butter to approx. 15% of your total fats and oils. Use it to counterbalance the stickiness of certain fats such as shea butter. SAP value: 193.8. INCI name: Theobroma Cacao