What is Raw Cacao Butter?
Sunfood Cacao Butter is the only raw, certified organic, chemical-free cocoa butter – the pure oil of the cacao bean. Cacao Butter is the source of white chocolate. Sunfood raw, organic Cacao Butter is created through a proprietary cold-pressed method. This process begins by cold-pressing Sunfood raw, organic Cacao Nibs into a “cake” in such a way that the oil begins to separate from the protein and fiber. The temperature is never allowed to exceed (or even reach) 120 degrees Fahrenheit and is usually 104 degrees Fahrenheit (all other cocoa butters are exposed to temperatures as high as 300 degrees Fahrenheit!). A high-accuracy thermometer is used throughout processing. Slowly, the pure, liquid cacao butter begins to sift off into a stainless steel valve that takes the cacao butter into a separate container where it is allowed to solidify in an attractive shape and packaged for shipment! From the cacao farms, to the packaging facility, to the workers and to you, we have done everything
