Cocoa butter is a pale-yellow, edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean. It is one of the key ingredients to make chocolate. Cocoa butter has a cocoa flavor and aroma. Cocoa butter is obtained from whole cocoa beans through several processes such as winnowing, roasting, grinding and pressing. Chocolate liquor is pressed to separate the cocoa butter from the cocoa solids.

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Cocoa Solids

Cocoa solids are what lends a chocolate bar its characteristic flavor and color, while cocoa butter is what provides smoothness and a low melting point. Also, cocoa solids are what contain most of

the antioxidants associated with chocolate.