Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
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- 394236-97-6
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Features & Benefits
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- Product Background
Cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), a relative of Cacao, is a tree from the primary and rainy forests of the Amazon. Cupuaçu fruit, harvested from the ground, are known for their creamy, flavourful pulp. The pulp is traditionally used to make ice-cream, juices or jams, and the seeds are used to make butter or for treating certain types of pain.
Laboratoires Expanscience are contributing to local economic development in Brazil: fruit harvesting provides the population with a new source of income and helps to preserve biodiversity by preventing deforestation. The seeds are dried and then 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 decolourized and deodorized, 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: a significant 18% TEWL reduction is observed four hours after application of pure butter. Cupuaçu butter sooths and softens 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.
- General Information
- Recommended formulation temperature: up to 70 – 80 °C
- Storage conditions: under nitrogen, in a hermetically sealed container, away from light and at a temperature of less than 25°C
Applications & Uses
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Properties
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Regulatory & Compliance
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Technical Details & Test Data
- Fatty acids composition
Fatty acids Composition Myristic acid max.0.5% Palmitic acid 5-9% Palmitoleic acid max.0.3% Stearic acid 29-37% Oleic acid 38-45% Linoleic acid 2-5% Linolenic acid max.0.2% Arachidic acid 8-13% Gadoleic acid max.1.0% Behenic acid 1-3% Erucic acid max.0.5% Lignoceric acid max.0.5%