Kokum Butter - Wild Harvested & Unrefined

Kokum, "Kokam" or Goa butter is obtained from kernel of mangosteen fruit, from the Kokum (Garcinia Indica) or "Kokam" tree. Our Raw, Unrefined Kokum butter comes from Western Ghats region where Kokum trees are most abundant in India. There, Kokum trees grow wild in the forests and wild-lands completely without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

The Kokum fruits are bought from collection centers organized by tribal people & villagers, and the butter is extracted by a small company the traditional way: by physical/mechanical cold press extraction methods.

After extraction, the raw Kokum Butter is than filtered to remove kernel particles and impurities. Among of the great things about Kokum butter is that despite it being raw and unrefined, it has almost no scent.

Most commercially sold Kokum butter is solvent extracted, chemically refined, neutralized, bleached, deodorized and often modified with the help of chemicals and solvents, therefore traces of chemicals and solvents can remain in the refined Kokum butter, not to mention missing a lot of the healing benefits that come from the unrefined and nutrient dense original product.

Raw Kokum butter has been used traditionally in India to soften and nourish the skin, softening lines and wrinkles by restoring elasticity, and improving the ability of the skin to retain moisture. Kokum butter is nutritive, emollient, and astringent. It is rich in fatty acids and the antioxidant Vitamin E. It is non-comedogenic and its high melting point can replace beeswax in balms and ointments with its fully antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties to heal skin and ulcerations.

Kokum butter is a hard and dry butter with a melting point of 98.6 - 104F. It has a chalk like texture and contrary to what is said occasionally it does NOT melt readily on contact with the skin and should be melted and combined with other oils and butters for formulations. Products made with Kokum butter, with the addition of other carrier oils, leave behind a lovely matte soft finish to the skin.

Kokum butter is very stable due to its high content of stearic acid and blends beautifully with oils for making balms, salves, and creams; and is a great addition to lipstick and lip balms if you want to use less or nor beeswax. It can help wonderfully in replacing stearic acid as the emulsifier in a formulation with the added benefit of it being natural and not chemical, and as an active ingredient that is actually good for your skin.

• Palmitic Acid (C16:0) 2% - 6%
• Stearic Acid (C18:0) 55% -65%
• Linoleic Acid (C18:2) 0% - 8%
• Oleic Acid (C18:1) 35% - 44%
• Arachidic Acid (C20:0) 0% - 5%

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