Description

Our virgin Cupuaçu butter is obtained from the seeds of the fruits of the cupuaçu tree  growing wild in the Brazilian Amazonia. Cupuacu belongs to the same family as cocoa and it is one of the superfruits of the Amazonian rainforest. The butter is cold pressed from the fruit seeds and are considered food, medicine and cosmetic ingredient among the inhabitants.

Cupuaçu butter  is prized for its rich content of phytosterols which is of immense benefits to dry, damaged skin, polyphenols, which combats free radicals in tissues. Cupuacu butter fatty acid content helps to protect and moisturize.

It’s a butter that performs like the actives, delivering true healing, and restructuring benefits, to the skin as it improves the skin’s moisture barrier and offers true hydration for improved elasticity and anti-inflammatory activity.

Often compared in functionally with Lanolin, Cupuacu Butter is a good, plant, alternative to lanolin, offering the capacity to attract 240% more water, allowing it to function much more effectively as a skin hydrator and plumper.

Though it’s not recognized as an SPF, Cupuacu Butter is well known for it’s ability to absorb damaging UVA / UVB rays for natural sun protection.

Cupuacu Butter, used In formulation, is high enough in fatty acids to improve emulsion stability, while offering thickness, without stiffness. Perfect for all of your bath and body products. It can also help in creating stable emulsions. It has high oxidative stability.

INCI: Theobroma grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter

Processing: Virgin Unrefined

Physical Appearance: Creamy off-white to yellowish butter with a distinctive cocoa aroma

Manufacturers Recommended Usage: 2 – 100% . Use in lotions, creams, color cosmetics, hair masks, masks, hair styling products, balms, body scrubs and polishes, soaps, lip balms.

When adding butters to creams and lotions, it might be necessary to gently warm in a heat-proof  jar on low heat or in a bain marie (To preserve its nutritive properties) before incorporating into the final product. As with most raw materials, results may vary, we strongly recommend small batch testing prior to any commercial manufacturing.

Common Uses/Benefits

Cupuacu butter is an excellent emollient for cosmetic formulations and may be used to prevent drying of the skin and development of wrinkles. It can also be used to reduce degeneration of skin cells, and to restore flexibility, moisture retention ability and elasticity to the skin.

Cupuacu butter is a very elegant butter with a nice skin feel, you would notice a smoother feel on your skin.

Cupuacu butter contains about 38% stearic acid and sometimes used instead of stearic acid for an all natural product appeal.

Its natural emollient and superior moisturizing properties makes it quite popular in the cosmetic industry, It is a highly sought-after ingredient in haircare formulations and skincare products.  Unrefined cupuacu butter is often found in high quality shampoo and conditioner, lip balms,  body butters and various skin applications.

BENEFITS

• Anti-Oxidants protect against environmental damage
• Restructuring actions on tissues
• Natural sun protection
• Improves skin moisture levels
• Improved elasticity
• Anti-inflammatory
• Biodegradable
• Moisture content balancing
• Emollient
• Moisturizing agent
• Natural product
• Plant Derived / vegetal based
• Skin hydration agent

Applications

• cream shampoos,
• conditioners
• cream shower gels.
• anti aging products
• skin care creams, lotions, scrubs
• bath and body creams, lotions, scrubs
• sun protection products
• lip products
• hair / scalp conditioners

Recommended Storage: Body butters are ideally stored in a refrigerator to maintain its texture. It will become soft in warmer temperatures. Store in air tight containers; in a cool dry area; away from direct sunlight.

Shelf Life: Typical shelf life is about 2.5yrs when stored properly. store in cool temperatures (below 25 °C) away from light and moisture in an air-tight container.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a cosmetic ingredient and it is meant for external use only in cosmetic formulations. It should not be ingested. Product image and packaging shown above is a general representation of product. Product colour may vary and packaging available may be different. Our products are for external use only, unless otherwise indicated. This information is for information purposes and not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.