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Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 311 products, most often body care.

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What does Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning, masking and skin protecting.

emollientskin conditioningmaskingskin protecting

What is Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter?

Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter is a yellowish white solid material obtained from the roasted seeds of the Cocoa, Theobroma cacao L., Sterculiaceae.

CAS number
84649-99-0, 8002-31-1
EC number
283-480-6
CosIng reference
60291

Which products contain Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter?

Open Beauty Facts finds Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter in the ingredient lists of 311 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, lip balms and face care.

  • Body care19
  • Lip balms17
  • Face care11

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 93 · Germany 62 · France 34 · United Kingdom 19.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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