Cocoa butter kernel body scrub / Sofiah Sahari, Nur Asyfadzilla Sulaiman and Mohd Ilham Firas Kaharuddin

Cocoa body scrub was formulated with cocoa butter without addition of emollient agent, and and kernel oil palm as exfoliating agent. Cocoa butter is decent source of vitamin E which benefits for skin which is contain high amount of fatty acid which make it well suited as a primary ingredient for scrub. Besides, the phytochemicals in cocoa butter may protect against skin damage from harmful UV rays and lower your risk of skin disease. Addition with palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil derived from Elaeis guineensis with a beneficial effect in moisturizing the skin and preventing transdermal heat and water loss. Palm kernel oil contains fatty acids, especially lauric acid at 46-52%. Lauric acid has the properties of hardening, cleaning, producing foam and softening that is needed for making scrub. The stability of product was evaluated by freeze and thaw stability cycle and accelerated stability method. The freeze/thaw stability cycle was carried out by stressing the product under 4 ℃ for 24 hour and the following 24 hours under 40℃ and repeated several time. The purpose of study to aim how cocoa butter and kernel oil palm will be produce into scrub that will be formulated with this two main ingredient.