INCI Name
Theobroma grandiflorum Seed Butter
Use Level %
0 - 100%
Partner – Laboratoires Expanscience
Description
Infinity ingredients is the UK distributor of Cupuaçu Butter from Laboratoires Expanscience.
Cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), a relative of Cacao, is a tree from the primary and rainy forests of the Amazon. Laboratoires Expanscience contribute to the local economic development in Brazil as harvesting the Cupuaçu provides the population with a new source of income and helps to preserve biodiversity by preventing deforestation.
The seeds are dried and cold-pressed to extract the crude butter. The resulting butter, which is refined in France using a process developed by experts at Laboratoires Expanscience, is entirely decolourised and deodorised, and has very good stability to oxidation. Cupuaçu butter has a higher phytosterol content (>300 mg/100g) than other butters (shea, cacao), which helps to strengthen the hydrolipidic film; it also has repairing properties.
Cupuaçu butter is rich in hydrating fatty acids (oleic, stearic) and is also very nourishing. It provides a real plant-based alternative to lanolin on account of its excellent capacity to maintain the skin’s hydration levels. Cupuaçu butter soothes and softens even the driest of skins and repairs dry and damaged hair. The key to its softness lies in its inimitable melting texture, which gives formulas a “velvety” feel.
Material Compatibility
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Oil Phase
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Nature Compliant
