cacao butter


Origin of cacao butter

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First recorded in 1545–55

Words Nearby cacao butter

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How to use cacao butter in a sentence

  • It is called cacao-butter, and is used by the natives for burns and sores and cutaneous diseases.

    On the Banks of the Amazon | W.H.G. Kingston
  • For tablets that are not to be kept for any length of time, cacao butter is preferable, as it melts readily and is digestible.

    Candy Medication | Bernard Fantus
  • Thus there was plenty of cacao butter available at a time when other fats were scarce.

    Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp
  • It practically always contains sugar and added cacao butter, and is generally prepared in moulded form.

    Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp
  • cacao butter runs hot from the presses as an amber-coloured oil, and after nitration, sets to a pale golden yellow wax-like fat.

    Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp