Kokum Butter

Kokum butter is a very firm plant-derived butter from the seeds of the Garcinia Indica fruit. It is primarily comprised of stearic and oleic fatty acids.

Garcinia Indica Seed Butter

Solid off-white butter

Up to 100%

Very solid—firmer than shea and mango butters, but not fully brittle like cocoa or tucuma. While brittle butters will snap, kokum is more inclined to crumble.

The refined version has no noticeable scent.

Fast to average

37–40°C (98.6–104°F)

Oil

Used in large amounts kokum butter can form the backbone of thick body butters, and help harden/stabilize body butter bars, shampoo bars, and other solid products. In lower concentrations it is a beautiful non-greasy emollient.

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I’ve only worked with refined, and I like it.

Kokum butter is a beautiful emollient with a non-greasy skin feel that also offers thickening/hardening to our products.

It can be harder to find than more common butters like cocoa and shea.

Cocoa butter or tucuma butter would be my top choices, though if you have cupuacu or mango butters you could also try 90% cocoa/tucuma and 10% cupuacu/mango.

Include it in the oil phase of your formulations; you will likely need to melt it to work with it unless you live somewhere quite warm.

Stored somewhere cool, dark, and dry, kokum butter should last at least two years.

Because kokum butter melts just above body temperature it is a good choice for body butters—blending with softer oils will slightly lower the melting point, giving you a product that melts on skin contact.

100g (3.5oz)

 Buy it from an online DIY ingredient supplier or Amazon.