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Cocoa Butter
Cocoa Butter
Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil or theobroma cacao,is a pale-yellow, pure edible vegetable fat extracted from the cacao bean. The most desirable quality of cocoa butter is its stability as a fat containing natural antioxidants that also preserve it well. Cocoa butter is one of the most stable fats known, containing natural antioxidants that prevent rancidity and give it a storage life of two to five years, making it a good choice for non-food products. Cocoa butter has a melting point just below average body temperature, which is what causes chocolate to remain solid at...
Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconut harvested from the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera).
Because of its stability it isslow to oxidize and thus resistant to rancidity, lasting up to two years due to high saturated fat content. In the wet process, coconut milk is made first and then the oil isextracted from the milk. Coconut kernel is shredded, mixed with a little water,and then squeezed or pressed to extract the oil. The resulting oil/water mixture produces coconut cream or coconut milk depending on the percentage of oil.
The coconut milk...
Castor Oil
Castor Oil
Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean (technically castor seed as the castor plant, Ricinus communis,is not a member of the bean family). Castor oil (CAS number 8001-79-4) is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no odor or taste. Castor oil penetrates deep into the skin thanks to its molecular weight, which is low enough to penetrate into the stratum corneum. Castor Isostearate Succinateis a polymeric mixture of esters with Isostearic Acid and Succinic Acid used for skin conditioning, such as in shampoo, lipstick and lip balm. Ricinoleic...
Babassu Oil
Babassu Oil
Babassu oil or cusi oil is a clear light yellow vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the babassu palm (Attalea speciosa), which grows in the Amazon region of South America. The babassu tree is a palm tree that stands approximately 20 meters tall. It is native to Brazil in South American. It grows widely in Brazil and is considered a major industrial and economical resource for the region. Babassu oil contains about 70% lipids. It is high in lauric and myristic acids.
These acids have melting points that are close to the human body temperature...
Argan Oil
Argan Oil
Arganoil is an oil produced from the kernels of the argan tree, native to Morocco, that is valued for its nutritive, cosmetic and numerous medicinal properties. The tree, a relict species from the Tertiary age, is extremely well adapted to drought and other environmentally difficult conditions of southwestern Morocco.
Methods for extraction
Argan oil remains one of the rarest oils in the world due the small and very specific growing areas. Argan is also produced from argan orchards in Israel, in the Arava and Negev. At th eCooperative in Tiout, Berber women sit on...