Andean Gold Cocoa Butter is originally from the jungle of Peru. Considered an ecological natural fat from cocoa beans, extracted during the chocolate manufacturing process and separated from the cocoa mass by pressure. ECOLOGICAL, GLUTEN-FREE, NO ADDED SUGARS, ORGANIC, VEGAN Certified by: ES-ECO-023-MA Targeted at: Anyone except those with cholesterol problems, allergies, and intolerance to cocoa. Interesting facts: Cocoa butter, according to the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Cocoa and Chocolate Products: "It is the fat produced from one or more of the following sources: cocoa beans, cocoa liquor (cocoa mass), cocoa cake, and that extracted through mechanical processes and/or by allowed solvents, from the cocoa cake or fine cocoa powder."