Cupuacu Butter Refined

Product Benefits

• Cold-pressed and refined for a smooth, creamy texture that absorbs quickly.

• Lightweight and non-greasy, leaving skin with a silky, soft finish.

• High water absorption capacity helps maintain long-lasting hydration.

• Enhances spreadability in creams, lotions, and butters for easy application.

• Softens rough skin and conditions hair, improving manageability and shine.

• Vegan, cruelty-free, and sustainably sourced from the Amazon rainforest.

• A versatile substitute for cocoa or shea butter in formulations.

• Rich in fatty acids and phytosterols that support skin conditioning.

• Almost odourless, making it perfect for fragrance-free or sensitive formulations.

• Eco-friendly production—harvested as a by-product, minimising waste.

Product Description

Our Refined Cupuaçu Butter is a cold-pressed, non-hydrogenated butter from the seeds of the cupuacu tree (Theobroma grandiflorum), a tropical plant from the Amazon rainforest and a cacao relative. The cupuacu tree is known for its big oval fruits, whose seeds produce a very nourishing butter used for its cosmetic versatility. Cupuaçu butter has a creamy, light beige colour and a subtle, pleasant aroma like white chocolate, so it has a fragrant yet delicate scent. The refined butter has almost no odour, perfect for sensitive skin and DIY formulations where fragrance neutrality is required. It has a semi-solid triglyceride texture, which contributes to its natural emollient and moisturising properties. It melts and penetrates the skin quickly, absorbs easily and leaves a soft, silky finish. Known for its high moisture retention capacity, it helps to replenish the skin’s hydration barrier, so it’s great for dry, flaky or rough skin.

Rich in phytosterols, antioxidants and essential fatty acids, this butter conditions the skin and improves texture. It’s often compared to cocoa butter as both butters come from the same family of Amazonian trees, but Cupuaçu butter is lighter and less greasy, so it’s a preferred alternative in many modern skincare formulations.

During production, the final product is a creamy, nourishing butter ready to use in various formulations. Cupuaçu butter is suitable for all skin and hair types, so it’s great for body butter and hair care products like masks and conditioners.

Because Cupuaçu butter is sustainable and eco-friendly, its use supports rainforest preservation and ethical sourcing. The seeds are obtained as a by-product of the fruit pulp industry, so there’s minimal waste and maximum benefit to local communities.

How to use it

Skin Care

• Mature, crêpey and dry skin will all benefit greatly from using Cupuaçu Butter. It has amazing levels of water absorption, which transfers to the skin to make it intensely hydrating. This makes the skin more flexible and elastic.
• Dry and cracked skin becomes softer almost immediately, so use it in foot creams and especially in heel balms.
• The ability of Cupuaçu Butter to penetrate the skin quickly and retain moisture there is very desirable in men’s grooming products. This quick absorption also helps other ingredients to penetrate the skin faster as well.
• This skin hydration and penetration is far superior to Shea Butter. Shea Butter has other beneficial qualities that work well together with Cupuaçu Butter.
• Cupuaçu Butter is also rich in phytosterols, which benefit dry and damaged skin. The fatty acid content is very protective for the skin, and, as an antioxidant, it helps to protect against free radical damage.
• It does absorb UVA and UVB rays, but this should be considered as a bonus for use in daily defence creams and lotions. It should not be considered as an SPF, as it does not offer enough protection to be classified as such.
• It is a good plant alternative to lanolin, as it attracts more water, which makes it a far superior skin hydrator to lanolin. For this reason, it is excellent to use in lip balms and baby / nappy products. This ability to hold water is useful as a stabiliser in emulsions.
• Very nourishing when combined with an exfoliant to use in a face or body scrub.

Hair Care

• Very nourishing and protective to hair, especially dry and brittle hair. Over-processed hair can be restored by its deeply hydrating properties, which promote a healthy shine.
• With long hair, combing and brushing will be easier after using Cupuaçu Butter in your products.
• It is excellent to use in a hair serum to tame frizzy hair after it has just been washed.

Other

Use 1% to 100%.

Oil-soluble, so it cannot be used in water-only products.

Heat stable, so can be used in Stage 1 (fat stage) when making creams and lotions.

Use in creams and lotions at 2% to 5%

Use in salves and balms at 2% to 20%

Use in body butters at 2% to 10%

Use in hair conditioners at 1% to 3%

Suggested Blends

With Shea Butter and Calendula Oil for a cracked heel balm.

Cautions/Contraindications

None.