Kokum butter consists of many essential substances that prove wondrous for our hair and skin! It has ''garcinol'', an ingredient that has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties.
It is also rich in vitamin E, essential fatty acids, and vitamin B complexes, making it a perfect remedy for all skin and hair troubles.
Kokum butter is extracted from the seeds of the kokum fruit. Apart from the aforementioned properties, another thing that makes it unique is the fact that it is one of the hardest vegetable butters at room temperature; however, it melts on contact with skin. Its texture, along with a power-packed combination of healthy fats and nutrients makes it ideal for cosmetic, culinary, and toiletry usage.
Kokum is mostly grown in the western ghat region of India which is known as the Konkan Region. The butter extracted from the fruit kernels is rich in antioxidants, vitamin E, citric acid and may essential fatty acids. Kokum Butter is used extensively in dry skin therapies, hair conditioners, inflamed skin treatments and in many skin care and beauty products.
Kokum butter is one of the most stable vegetable butters available in the market. It''s also one of the hardest. Another peculiar feature which makes it popular among formulators of cosmetic products is that Kokum butter remains in a solid state at room temperature, but melts immediately on contact with the skin. Its triglyceride composition is uniform, and consists of up to 80% of stearic-oleic-stearic (SOS) triglycerides.

Technical Details

Width : 0.75 cm
Height : 0.48 cm

Product Details

ASIN : B00X06MXHY