Editing Cocoa butter (section)

== Uses ==
[[File:Historic Trademarks - Hershey's Toilet Soap.jpg|thumb|Cocoa butter soap manufactured by [[The Hershey Company]]]]
Cocoa butter is a major ingredient in practically all types of chocolates, especially [[white chocolate|white]], [[milk chocolate|milk]], and [[couverture chocolate]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.google.ch/books/edition/Beckett_s_Industrial_Chocolate_Manufactu/nvEjDgAAQBAJ | title=Beckett's Industrial Chocolate Manufacture and Use | publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] | author=Beckett, Steve T. | year=2017 | pages=735 | quote=Couverture: Usually refers to a high fat (i.e. over 31% cocoa butter), normally high‐quality chocolate which gives high gloss and good snap.}}</ref> This application continues to dominate the consumption of cocoa butter.

Pharmaceutical companies use cocoa butter extensively. As a nontoxic solid at room temperature that melts at body temperature, it is considered an ideal base for medicinal suppositories.<ref name="Chew">{{cite web|url=http://www.livestrong.com/article/88589-benefits-cocoa-butter/|title=What Are The Benefits of Cocoa Butter?|last=Chew|first=Norma|date=24 November 2011|publisher=LiveStrong|accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref>

===Personal care===
For a fat melting around body temperature, cocoa has good stability. This quality, coupled with natural [[antioxidants]], prevents [[Rancidification|rancidity]] – giving it a storage life of two to five years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skrzypiec |first=Marcin |date=2016-01-12 |title=Can Cocoa Powder Go Bad? |url=https://www.canitgobad.net/can-cocoa-powder-go-bad/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Can It Go Bad? |language=en-US}}</ref> The velvety texture, pleasant fragrance and [[emollient]] properties of cocoa butter have made it a popular ingredient in products for the skin, such as [[soap]]s and [[lotion]]s.