cocoa butter

noun

variants: or less commonly cacao butter

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of cocoa butter

: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans

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Recent Examples of cocoa butter from the Web

Now Olivina Men ginger citrus lip balm Olive oil and cocoa butter come together to nourish and hydrate your lips.

— the editors of gq, GQ, "The Best Natural and Organic Grooming Products to Restock Your Cabinet," 8 June 2018
Also, the bakery recommends using 30 percent cocoa butter white chocolate.

— ann maloney, NOLA.com, "Former waitresses' 'lazy' strawberry pie wins 'Waitress the musical' contest," 1 June 2018
Now Andrieux doesn't travel without a heavy arsenal of beauty products, including grape-seed and coconut oils, along with shea and cocoa butters.

— andrea arterbery, Glamour, "For Women of Color, Hotel Shampoo Isn't Just Meh—It's Literally Unusable," 16 May 2018
Her milk chocolate adds only cocoa butter and milk powder.

— carlos frías, miamiherald, "Cuban coffee, cigars and chocolate? Little Havana opens a new chocolate factory | Miami Herald," 15 May 2018
Extra virgin olive oil would replace the traditional cocoa butter — the fat found in cocoa beans — in the finished chocolate.

— debbie arrington, sacbee, "Thomas Keller thinks he perfected chocolate by adding this unusual ingredient | The Sacramento Bee," 6 May 2018
The eclairs then got a coating of chocolate sauce, which was chilled and decorated with tiny edible imprints made of cocoa butter.

— michael e. ruane, Washington Post, "ALS robbed this chef of his ability to eat, but not to teach," 11 May 2018
Instead of traditional cocoa butter, a tiny amount of extra virgin olive oil is added to each chocolate bar.

— debbie arrington, sacbee, "Thomas Keller thinks he perfected chocolate by adding this unusual ingredient | The Sacramento Bee," 6 May 2018
The Perfecting Coconut Setting Powder uses coconut and cocoa butter, for a soft creamy finish rather than a chalky one.

— shannon barbour, The Cut, "Marc Jacobs Beauty’s New Summer Collection Is Based on Coconuts," 30 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of cocoa butter

1868

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COCOA BUTTER Defined for English Language Learners

cocoa butter

noun

Definition of cocoa butter for English Language Learners

: a pale fat made from cocoa beans that is used in making chocolate and in various products (such as soaps and skin lotions)

Medical Dictionary

cocoa butter

noun

variants: or cacao butter

medical Definition of cocoa butter

: a pale vegetable fat obtained from cacao beans that is used in the manufacture of chocolate candy, in cosmetics as an emollient, and in pharmacy for making suppositories — called also theobroma oil