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Cupuacu Butter

Cupuacu butter is a luxurious, silky plant butter extracted from the seeds of the cupuacu fruit. It has a soft, creamy texture that melts beautifully on the skin, making it a popular natural alternative to heavier butters in UK skincare and haircare products.

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How it works in skincare

In cosmetics and skincare, cupuacu butter functions as an exceptional emollient and occlusive agent. Its unique fatty acid profile, rich in stearic, oleic, and palmitic acids, allows it to form a breathable film on the skin that locks in moisture without greasiness, while its low melting point gives products a smooth, velvety glide and elegant skin feel.

Key benefits

  • Intensely moisturises dry skin
  • Improves skin softness and suppleness
  • Helps restore the skin barrier
  • Provides a non-greasy, silky after-feel
  • Conditions and smooths dry or frizzy hair
  • Enhances product texture and spreadability

Best for

dry skin, dehydrated skin, mature skin, sensitive skin

Where it comes from

Cupuacu butter is obtained from the seeds of the cupuacu tree (Theobroma grandiflorum), a relative of cacao native to the Amazon rainforest in South America.

Products with Cupuacu Butter

Not every product on UK Lips lists a full ingredient breakdown — so there may be many more formulas that contain Cupuacu Butter than we can show here. These are the comparisons where we’ve confirmed it in the listed ingredients.

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