Cocoa butter substitute from coconut oil, palm kernel oil, or both oils

CAS 85665-33-4

This is a cocoa butter substitute made specifically from coconut and palm kernel oils, used in confectionery coatings.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Cocoa butter substitute from coconut oil, palm kernel oil, or both oils by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 172.861retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Made by fractionating and hydrogenating coconut and palm kernel oils to match the melting behaviour of cocoa butter.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
85665-33-4

Every name it appears under

2 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 85665-33-4

As it appears in regulation

  • Cocoa butter substitute from coconut oil, palm kernel oil, or both oils

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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