HYDROLYZED THEOBROMA CACAO SEED BUTTER

Name of the plant

Chocolate Tree; Cocoa Tree; Cocoa

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Used plant parts

Seeds (kernels)

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Type of preparation

Hydrolysate (separation product through a reaction with water, often by means of enzymes) Butter (vegetable fat)

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Function(s) of this ingredient in cosmetic products

CLEANSING

Cleans skin, hair or teeth

FRAGRANCE FUNCTIONAL

Functional ingredient (excipient) of perfume oils and / or flavours

SKIN CONDITIONING

Maintains the skin in good condition

SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT

Softens and smoothens the skin

SURFACTANT - CLEANSING

Surface-active agent to clean skin, hair and / or teeth

SURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING

Improves foam quality by increasing volume, structure and / or durability

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Origin

plant/synthetic (Information may exclusively reflect the status at initial entry of this ingredient into the relevant INCI dictionary; technological progress may have added new manufacturing options based on substances of different origin)

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Background information on use in cosmetics

The cocoa tree (theobroma cacao) is part of the genus theobroma in the mallow family (previously genus sterculia). It can only be cultivated under certain climatic conditions and requires good soils, enough water and only bears fruit between 20 degrees north and 20 degrees south of the equator. The countries in which the tree is excellently flourishing are, for instance, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil, Cameroon and others. The plant parts of the cocoa tree (theobroma cacao) used are, for instance, the peels, the fruits, the seeds or the leaves. Depending on the plant part or the extraction or processing methods (pressing, alcoholic, oily and aqueous extracts, drying and pulverisation of the peel), the different constituents of the plant are used for different purposes in cosmetics. Surfactants are so-called detergent substances and have a major significance in cosmetics for the cleansing of the skin and hair. Surfactants are substances which, based on their molecular structure, are able to reduce the surface tension of a liquid. In this way it is possible that two actually not mixable substances, such as oil and water, can be finely mixed. Because of their properties, surfactants have manifold uses in cosmetics: they can cleanse, produce foam and act as emulsifiers and mix substances with one another. In shampoos, shower gels and soaps, surfactants are, for instance, used to wash fat and soil particles with water off from the body. Surfactants are also used in toothpaste. Here they promote during tooth cleaning the rapid and full dissolution and distribution of the paste in the mouth. The surfactants used in cosmetic products are primarily produced synthetically on the basis of vegetable raw materials. Surfactants are often used in combination to equally meet all desired requirements – like dissolution of soil and formation of foam in combination with a good skin tolerance – in the best possible manner. Through a skilled combination of a surfactant – viewed on its own – with unfavourable skin tolerance but a very good soil removal property with a very mild, skin protecting surfactant altogether a product with good cleansing properties and the same good skin tolerances is obtained.

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Belongs to the following substance groups

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Regulating cosmetics

Cosmetics Ingredients are subject to regulation. Please note, different regulations may apply to cosmetic ingredients outside the EU.