Natural Cocoa Butter

Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean. It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals.Cocoa butter has a cocoa flavor and aroma.Cocoa butter is a major ingredient in practically all types of chocolates (white chocolate, milk chocolate, but also dark chocolate). This application continues to dominate consumption of cocoa butter.Pharmaceutical companies heavily use cocoa butter's physical properties. As a nontoxic solid at room temperature that melts at body temperature, it is considered an ideal base for medicinal suppositories. SPECIFICATION ITEMS STANDARDs Appearance Fine, free flowing brown powder Flavour Characteristic cocoa flavour, no foreign odors Moisture (%) 5 Max Fat content (%) 4–9 Ash (%) 12 Max pH 4.5–5.8 Total plate count (cfu/g) 5000 Max Coliform mpn/ 100g 30 Max Mould count (cfu/g) 100 Max Yeast count (cfu/g) 50 Max Shigella Negative Pathogenic bacteria Negative