difference between cocoa and cocoa butter
top 10 facts about the world the biggest difference between shea butter and cocoa butter is their origin shea butter is extracted from shea nuts and cocoa butter is extracted from cocoa beans cocoa beans are the fruits of the cocoa tree which is native to the amazon forests and can also be found in other parts of peru and in mexico the shea nut tree is found exclusively in africa
Cacao is the name of the tree from which we get cocoa beans. However, not many know the difference between cacao and cocoa and call even the tree as cocoa tree. There are many varieties of cacao trees mostly found in tropical countries such as Brazil, Ghana, and Malaysia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast etc.