Tucuma Butter

For use as an ingredient in the following blends:

• Preparing skin for the sun and aftersun care products

• Satin skincare products

• Nourishing lip balms

• As an active superfatting ingredient for making "superfatted" soaps

For use as an ingredient in the following blends:

• Hair masks and balms

• Smoothing and conditioning hair products

On the skin

Incorporate as a fatty substance in an emulsion, or mix with your own oil blend (more or less rich in carrier oils and butters) to make a balm (from 1 to 80% depending on the desired texture).

Synergies

• For gourmet scents: coconut carrier oil and cocoa and cupuaçu butters.

• For mature skin: argan, rose hip, borage, evening primrose and prickly pear carrier oils, frankincense, damask rose, rosewood and ho wood essential oils.

• For very dry skin: wheat germ, avocado, olive and sweet almond carrier oils.

• For sensitive skin: calendula macerated oil, avocado phytosterol concentrate, calendula, chamomile and pomegranate CO2 extracts, spike lavender, Roman and German chamomile and blue cypress essential oils.

On the hair

Used as an oil phase in hair balms, masks, shampoos and conditioners.

Synergies

• For curly hair: coconut, yangu and sapote carrier oils.

• To make your hair colour last longer: shea butter, buriti carrier oil.

• To improve hair condition and make it shiny: ceramides, castor oil, ylang-ylang essential oil.

Culture

Foraged

Quality

Raw butter, 100% pure and natural

Production process

Cold pressed then filtered. Natural butter that is unrefined, non-bleached, and non-deodorised

Part of the plant used

Beans

Botanical name

Astrocaryum vulgare or Astrocaryum tucuma

Botanical family

Arecaceae

Function

Cosmetic ingredients

Oxidative potential

Not very sensitive

Organoleptic properties

• Appearance: solid butter at room temperature; oily above 31°C

• Colour: pale yellow to yellow

• Odour: indulgent café au lait and caramel scent, sometimes with slightly toasted notes

• Feel: smooth and grain-free, doesn't leave an oily film on the skin

Density

0.910 - 0.930 (density corresponds to density at 20°C)

Density at 40°C

0.91 (Aroma-Zone quality laboratory measurement)

Melting point

31°C (measured by the Aroma-Zone quality laboratory)

Saponification index

225-250

Store in a dry place away from heat and light.

Warning

The properties, indications and methods of use described above are derived from scientific literature and/or reference books or websites in aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. This general information is provided for informational purposes only and cannot under any circumstances be considered as medical information. This information cannot under any circumstances replace a diagnosis, consultation or medical follow-up, nor engage our liability.

Supplier documentation

Veridiana V. de Rosso and Adriana Z. Mercadante*. Identification and Quantification of Carotenoids, By HPLC-PDA-MS/MS, from Amazonian Fruits. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2007, 55 (13).

<p><i>D.B. Rodriguez-Amaya, J. Amaya-Farfan, M. Kimura CAROTENOID COMPOSITION OF BRAZILIAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 744: I International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables.

Mamabrim M. C. T., Barrera-Arellano D. Caracterización de aceites de frutos de palmeras de la región amazónica del Brasil/Characterization of palm tree fruit oils from brazilian Amazonia region. Grasas y aceites, 1997, 48(3), 154-158.

P.S. Bora, N. Narain, R.V.M. Rocha, A.C. De Oliveira Monteiro, R. De Azevedo Moreira. Characterization of the oil and protein fractions of tucuma fruit, pulp and seed kernel. Journal of Food, 2001, 3(2),111-116.