On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:06:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:49:24 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:29:15 GMT, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>But you said "coco butter", not "cocoa butter". And while there
>>>are plenty of hits for "coco butter", none of them specifically
>>>say it comes from coconuts rather than cocoa nuts.
>>>
>>>I know what cocoa butter is, I'm trying to find out if there is
>>>such a thing as "coco butter", if it's made from coconut oil, and
>>>is it used in cooking.
>>
>> Heh. My bad spelling hit once again. Sorry Dude. Hopefully that
>> won't happen so often now that I've been clued into auto-spell check.
>
>I was giving you the benefit of the doubt as there are plnty of
>references to *something* called "coco butter" on the web. But
>it appears to be just a marketing term for the cosmetics industry
>with no real definition.
>
>But even if you meant "cocoa butter", that's completely different
>than "cocoa butter", which is not from coconut oil, but rather
>from the cocao bean - AKA the beans they make chocolate from.
>
>Now that the FDA is considering allowing non-cocoa oils in
>chocolate, we probably will be seeing a lot of chocolates listing
>"coco butter" to try and fool us into thinking it's cocoa butter.
>Coco butter, assuming it's from coconuts, or any other veggie oil
>would melt at a much lower temperature than cocoa butter so they
>would have to modify it somehow. And I'm sure it'll be healthier
>for us <cough>.
>
whatever

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