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Butters
12 butter ingredients explained in plain English.
Avocado Butter Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (and) Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil A soft, creamy butter made by hydrogenating avocado oil so it sets at room temperature. Rich, slip-heavy, easy to whip. Bacuri Butter Platonia Insignis Seed Butter Wild-harvested Amazonian seed butter with a surprisingly dry skin feel despite being rich in palmitic acid. Excellent absorption and used for scar reduction, dry skin repair, and hair conditioning. Cocoa Butter Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter A firm, brittle butter from cocoa beans. Excellent at sealing in moisture and giving structure to bars and balms. Cupuaçu Butter Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter Amazonian cousin of cocoa butter that holds water like no other plant butter. Rich, silky, and humectant. Illipe Butter Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter Tropical butter from Borneo with a cocoa-butter-like profile but softer melt. Excellent cocoa butter substitute in lip and body products. Kokum Butter Garcinia Indica Seed Butter A hard, almost odorless butter from Indian kokum seeds. Resists graininess and gives structure to bars and balms. Mango Butter Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter A softer butter pressed from mango kernels, high in oleic and stearic acid. Absorbs faster than shea with a drier finish. Murumuru Butter Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter A creamy, lauric-rich butter from Amazonian murumuru palm seeds. Excellent for hair and conditioning body butters. Orange Peel Butter Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (and) Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil A soft, naturally orange-scented butter made by blending hydrogenated vegetable oil with cold-pressed orange peel oil. Smells like the rind, not the juice. Sal Butter Shorea Robusta Seed Butter Very hard, high-stearic-acid butter from the Indian sal tree. Excellent for firm bar products, lip balms, and solid lotions. Shea Butter Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter A rich vegetable butter from shea nuts, high in oleic and stearic acid. Deeply moisturizing and supports skin elasticity. Tucuma Butter Astrocaryum Vulgare Seed Butter Semi-hard Amazonian butter rich in lauric and myristic acids. Prized for hair products, lip balms, and moisture-sealing formulas.