Kokum Butter: Kokum Butter is one of the most stable and hard vegetable butter known. Even in its crude state, Kokum Butter is a fairly white material. Suggested Uses: Creams, lotions, balms, make-up foundations and bar soaps. Use from 3% to 100% pure (as a butter-like balm).

Our Kokum Butter is obtained from the fruit of the Indian Tree (Garcinia indica). From the fruit kernals the butter is extracted and further processed and refined to obtain a white butter which has very mild odor, suitable for cosmetics and toiletries. It's triglyceride composition is uniform, and consists of up to 80% of stearic-oleic-stearic (SOS) triglycerides. The butter is solid at room temperature, but melts readily on contact with skin. Kokum Butter is one of the most stable and hard vegetable butter known. Even in its crude state, Kokum Butter is a fairly white material.

Suggested Uses: Creams, lotions, balms, make-up foundations and bar soaps. Use from 3% to 100% pure (as a butter-like balm).

Efficacy: Fatty acid levels are low, indicating an absence of any powerful lipolytic activity. Prevents drying of the skin and development of wrinkles. Reduces degeneration of skin cells and restores skin flexibility. May enhance stability of certain emulsion systems.

With its excellent emollient properties, it helps to soften and soothe dry and damaged skin.