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Cocoa Butter origin in cosmetics
Would it be safe to assume that the cocoa butter used in cosmetics comes from the chocolate-making industry? As in, the chocolate industry sells excess cocoa butter to the cosmetics industry.
I just figure cocoa bean production exists for making chocolate and other edibles, and NOT for the cosmetics industry.
Whatchoo think?
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Correct you are.
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Cocoa Butter was also used a great deal in Pharmaceutical Compounding as well. To this day whenever I smell it, I can recall making hundreds of suppositories in the Pharmacy back in the early 80s.
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I think every prudent lipid producer/marketer….will look at the cosmetic industry as an outlet for excess inventory. What scenario could be better….than selling off your excess material at 2-4 times the market price?
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Microformulation said:Cocoa Butter was also used a great deal in Pharmaceutical Compounding as well. To this day whenever I smell it, I can recall making hundreds of suppositories in the Pharmacy back in the early 80s.
Interesting, does that mean I’ve been taking chocolate the wrong way this hole time?
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RobboAU said:Microformulation said:Cocoa Butter was also used a great deal in Pharmaceutical Compounding as well. To this day whenever I smell it, I can recall making hundreds of suppositories in the Pharmacy back in the early 80s.
Interesting, does that mean I’ve been taking chocolate the wrong way this hole time?
Maybe.I was working at a Compounding Pharmacy in the 80’s. We had a Cancer Physician who would have almost everything compounded and we made a lot of different anti-emetic suppositories. Curing them was crucial. In Freshman Orientation you got your scale, set of weights, other stuff, and 2 suppository molds.
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