Murumuru Butter (Astrocaryum murumuru)
Origin: Amazon Rainforest
Cold Processed
Murumuru is a wonderful butter with a delicious scent and feel. It is called the "vegetable silicone" for its ability to perfectly replace mineral silicone in skin and hair formulations. It comes from the seeds of a palm tree very abundant in the wet regions of the Amazon forest.
Unrefined and Cold pressed from the seeds of the murumuru. The butter is rich in lauric, myristic and oleic acids, provides great consistency in products due its high melting point.
Caprilic Acid (C8:00) 2 – 4
Capric Acid (C10:00) 1 – 3
Lauric Acid (C12:00) 40 – 50
Meristic Acid (C14:0) 28 – 33
Palmitic Acid (C16:00) 5 – 10
Estearic Acid (C18:00) 2 – 5
Linoleic Acid (C18:2) 1 - 5Saponification value (mgKOH/g) 230 – 240