Kokum Butter – In And Out

Kokum butter is something that my aunt (she’s a Chemistry teacher in a renowned Science college) used to use to quite a great extent. When I asked her “Why Kokum butter?”, she used to say nothing but “Use it to know it”.

Produced from the seeds of the Kokum tree’s (Garcinia Indica) fruit, Kokum Butter is refined resulting in a white butter with a mild to nonexistent odor. Kokum Butter has a smooth dense texture suitable for cosmetic, confectionary and toiletry applications. Kokum Butter is highly resistant to oxidation and often used as a Cocoa Butter substitute.

Kokum butter is non greasy and gets absorbed into the skin once you apply. It is often use as a substitute for Cocoa Butter due to its triglyceride composition. Kokum butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E.

Kokum Butter has been obtained from the fruit of the Kokum (Garcinia Indica) or “Kokam” tree grown in the central east region of India. From its fruit kernels the butter is extracted and further processed and refined to obtain a very white butter which has a fairly mild odor, suitable for cosmetics and toiletries. Kokum Butter exhibits excellent emollient properties and high oxidative stability, which can assist emulsion integrity. With its relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperatures making it ideal for –

  • Lipsticks
  • Balms

It‘s also a great addition to bar soaps and skin lotions.

Like I mentioned in the previous paragraph, produced from the seeds of the Kokum tree’s (Garcinia Indica) fruit, Kokum Butter is refined resulting in a white butter with a mild to nonexistent odor.  Kokum Butter has a smooth dense texture suitable for cosmetic, confectionary and toiletry applications.  Kokum Butter is highly resistant to oxidation and often used as a Cocoa Butter substitute.  Kokum Butter is believed to promote skin elasticity, prevention of skin dryness, and restoration of damaged skin.

Kokum Butter exhibits excellent emollient properties and high oxidative stability, which can assist emulsion integrity. Because Kokum Butter has a relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperature. However, the butter is solid at room temperature, but melts readily on contact with the skin. It is one of the most stable and hardest vegetable butters known.

Now check out these reference links –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – For That Healthier Glow On Skin

Kokum butter is full of amazing skin caring properties. It has long been a part of many cosmetics brands and is continuing to be so. It is known to have amazing skin benefits when applied the right way.

Kokum butter is great for creating healing skin lotions. The butter comes from the Garcinia tree in India, and is useful in regenerating skin cells and relieving chapped skin or lips. Kokum is a hard butter that is difficult to use without making a lotion. Here’s a kokum lotion you can make at home to apply to your skin and lips.

Kokum Butter’s own beneficial characteristics are often overlooked.  This unique butter comes from the fruits of the Garcinia Indica Tree in India.  The fruit kernels produced by this tree yield an emollient white butter.  Kokum Butter tends to be hard and brittle, with a relatively high melting point.

Rich in vitamin E, kokum butter is wonderful in skincare applications.

Its high melting point makes it ideal for use in lip balms and lipsticks.

Kokum butter also helps reduce the degeneration of skin cells and restores elasticity, making it a good ingredient for –

  • Soaps
  • Balms
  • Foot care products

Please note that this is a natural product , and there may be variations in colour and scent from batch to batch.

Like Cocoa Butter, it remains solid until it comes in contact with the skin.  Upon contact this butter melts slightly, making it an ideal ingredient for balm formulations.  Kokum Butter is also an exceptionally stable product.  With an average shelf life of around two years this butter can lend its stability to complex formulations.  In soap, Kokum Butter can be used to produce a hard creamy bar.  Superfatted soaps may also benefit from Kokum Butter’s stability.

While Kokum Butter can be a pleasure to formulate with, its appearance can seem bizarre at first.  In its pure form, Kokum Butter tends to form cracks or fissures upon its surface while cooling.  Sometimes, Kokum Butter can even expand, forming extremely unique shapes and patterns.  These puzzling and often beautiful formations can range from barely noticeable to striking, depending on the particular batch of butter.  When remelting Kokum Butter be sure to leave empty space in your container in case the butter expands or climbs as it cools.

Have a look at our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – Enhancing Skin Elasticity

Kokum butter is an amazing skin caring solution. It comes with loads of skin benefits. It is a little dry in nature but that does not cease it from being the best natural treat for the ailing skin.

Kokum Butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation and make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues. Kokum Butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E.  Kokum Butter is a non-comedogenic (non pore-clogging) material that aids quick absorption and adds a premium texture to your cream emulsions.

Kokum Butter helps regenerate tired and worn skin cells and supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. It has been used traditionally in India to soften skin and restore elasticity and as a balm for dry, cracked, rough and calloused skin. It is also beneficial for the treatment of many different conditions, such as -

  • Helps prevent dry skin and wrinkles
  • Helps regenerate skin cells

With its relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperatures making it ideal for lipsticks and balms; it‘s also a great addition to bar soaps and skin lotions and may be easily incorporated into Lotions, Creams, and Body Butters. It is also wonderful to use in the summer as a moisturizer before and after sun exposure to reduce possibility of the skin peeling or becoming dried out.  Use as an addition to -

  • Creams, lotions, balms
  • Cosmetic foundations
  • Lipsticks
  • Conditioners
  • Moisturizers

Preparing the wonderful solution –

  • 2 Tablespoons Kokum Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Beeswax (If you prefer a thinner product, add less beeswax)
  • 1 Tablespoon Almond Oil
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Aloe Vera
  • 1/8 teaspoon Coconut Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Vitamin E
  • 2 Cups Water
  • 1 Glass Canning Jar
  • 2- 4 oz. Jars with Lids
  • Steps:
  • Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan over medium heat. Once boiling, remove from heat.
  • Put 2 Tablespoons beeswax into glass canning jar.
  • Add almond oil and butter to beeswax.
  • Lower the glass jar into the hot water to melt the mixture.Stir Vitamin E, coconut mil,k and aloe vera into the heated mixture.
  • Stir until completely mixed.
  • While liquified, pour into your empty 4 oz. jars.
  • Let cool and cover with the lid.

Go through our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – An Ageless Skin

Kokum is not only known to be the finest of skin caring solutions but it also curbs the early onset of wrinkles. The butter has amazing therapeutic properties too. When used right, it is of quite a good number of benefits.

Kokum Butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation and make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues. Kokum Butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E.  Kokum Butter is a non-comedogenic (non pore-clogging) material that aids quick absorption and adds a premium texture to your cream emulsions.

Kokum Butter helps regenerate tired and worn skin cells and supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. It has been used traditionally in India to soften skin and restore elasticity and as a balm for dry, cracked, rough and calloused skin. It is also beneficial for the treatment of many different conditions, such as -

  • Helps prevent dry skin and wrinkles
  • Helps regenerate skin cells

With its relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperatures making it ideal for lipsticks and balms; it‘s also a great addition to bar soaps and skin lotions and may be easily incorporated into Lotions, Creams, and Body Butters. It is also wonderful to use in the summer as a moisturizer before and after sun exposure to reduce possibility of the skin peeling or becoming dried out.  Use as an addition to -

  • Creams, lotions, balms
  • Cosmetic foundations
  • Lipsticks
  • Conditioners
  • Moisturizers

Preparing the wonderful solution –

  • 2 Tablespoons Kokum Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Beeswax (If you prefer a thinner product, add less beeswax)
  • 1 Tablespoon Almond Oil
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Aloe Vera
  • 1/8 teaspoon Coconut Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Vitamin E
  • 2 Cups Water
  • 1 Glass Canning Jar
  • 2- 4 oz. Jars with Lids
  • Steps:
  • Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan over medium heat. Once boiling, remove from heat.
  • Put 2 Tablespoons beeswax into glass canning jar.
  • Add almond oil and butter to beeswax.
  • Lower the glass jar into the hot water to melt the mixture.Stir Vitamin E, coconut mil,k and aloe vera into the heated mixture.
  • Stir until completely mixed.
  • While liquified, pour into your empty 4 oz. jars.
  • Let cool and cover with the lid.

Go through our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – The Overlooked Benefits

Kokum butter is a wonderful skin caring solution. It has many amazing properties that differentiate it widely from the rest of the lot of body butters. When used with the right mix of other substances, it works like magic on skin.

Kokum Butter’s own beneficial characteristics are often overlooked.  This unique butter comes from the fruits of the Garcinia Indica Tree in India.  The fruit kernels produced by this tree yield an emollient white butter.  Kokum Butter tends to be hard and brittle, with a relatively high melting point.  Like Cocoa Butter, it remains solid until it comes in contact with the skin.

Kokum Butter is often used as a substitute for Cocoa Butter due to its uniform triglyceride composition. It melts when it comes into contact with the skin. Kokum Butter is composed of beneficial compounds that help to regenerate skin cells. It’s commonly used in skin healing lotions, creams and body butters, as well as soaps, cosmetics and toiletries.

Kokum Butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation and make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues. Kokum Butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E.  Kokum Butter is a non-comedogenic (non pore-clogging) material that aids quick absorption and adds a premium texture to your cream emulsions. Kokum Butter helps regenerate tired and worn skin cells and supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. It has been used traditionally in India to soften skin and restore elasticity and as a balm for dry, cracked, rough and calloused skin. It is also beneficial for the treatment of many different conditions, such as -

  • Helps prevent dry skin and wrinkles
  • Helps regenerate skin cells

With its relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperatures making it ideal for lipsticks and balms; it‘s also a great addition to bar soaps and skin lotions and may be easily incorporated into Lotions, Creams, and Body Butters. It is also wonderful to use in the summer as a moisturizer before and after sun exposure to reduce possibility of the skin peeling or becoming dried out.  Use as an addition to -

  • Creams, lotions, balms
  • Cosmetic foundations
  • Lipsticks
  • Conditioners
  • Moisturizers

Go through our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – The Mild Healing Solution

Kokum butter is a wonderful healing solution. It has long been used for skin care purposes and is still being used for the same. It is an essential part of many skin care products and its use proliferating.

Kokum Butter (botanical name “Garcinia indica”) is obtained from the fruit of the Kokum or ‘Kokam” tree (also known as the Garcinia tree) grown in the central east region of India. The butter is extracted from the fruit kernels and is processed and refined to obtain a very white butter which has a fairly mild odor. This naturally white and incredibly smooth butter has enormously high compositions of beneficial materials to help regenerate tired and worn skin cells and further support elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall.

Kokum butter is obtained from the Indian tree Garcinia indica. (source).  This tree is commonly known as kokum and has various names across India, including aamsol, aamsul, bindin, biran, bhirand, bhinda, bhrinda, brinda, bin’na, kokum (alternate spellings kokam and cocum), katambi, looikya, sour apple, panarpuli, ratamba.

Kokum Butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in –

  • Cell oxygenation
  • Make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues

Kokum Butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E.

Kokum Butter (botanical name “Garcinia indica”) is obtained from the fruit of the Kokum or ‘Kokam” tree (also known as the Garcinia tree) grown in the central east region of India. The butter is extracted from the fruit kernels and is processed and refined to obtain a very white butter which has a fairly mild odor. This naturally white and incredibly smooth butter has enormously high compositions of beneficial materials to help regenerate tired and worn skinn cells and further support elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall.

Kokum Butter exhibits excellent emollient properties and high oxidative stability, which can assist emulsion integrity. Because Kokum Butter has a relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperature. However, the butter is solid at room temperature, but melts readily on contact with the skin. It is one of the most stable and hardest vegetable butters known.

Kokum Buuter’s triglyceride composition is uniform, and consists of up to 80% of stearic-oleic-stearic (SOS) triglycerides.

Have a look at these reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – Rejuvenating The Skin

Kokum butter is a wonderful solution that is used for skin care and healing & curing purposes. It has long been used for the same purpose and now has become a flourishing product.

Kokum Butter is a highly prized and under-rated butter from the Garcinia tree. This naturally white and incredibly smooth butter has enormously high compositions of beneficial materials to help regenerate tired and worn skin cells and further supports elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. A great ingredient to add to healing lotions, creams, and body butters. It can be directly applied to the skin in its solid state, but it may require a mild amount of heating to improve applicability. Highly recommended to those that are crafting cosmetics with the intent of producing a skin healing end product.

It is a very dry and flaky butter, which likes the company of other oils, and butters when making a body care recipe.  I like to use it along with shea butter and nourishing carrier oils. I use it mostly in making skin healing lotions, creams and body butters.  I know that several artisans will use it for making soaps and toiletries too.

Kokum Butter is a non-comedogenic material that aids quick absorption and adds a pleasant texture to your recipes.  Folks in India use it to soften their skin and as a balm for many ailing skin types, namely –

  • Dry
  • Cracked
  • Rough
  • Calloused skin

Those with problem skin issues should discuss with a physician before using Kokum Butter and it is not recommended for use with those with nut allergies.

The kokum tree grows in the coastal south western region of India and the fruits produce a very white butter called kokum butter. This butter, which has a relatively high melting point, starts to melt at skin temperature, making it ideal for lipsticks and balms. It helps to soften skin and heal ulcerations and fissures of lips, hands and soles of feet. Kokum butter also helps reduce degeneration of the skin cells and restores elasticity to regenerate tired and worn skin cells. Consequently, kokum butter is a great ingredient to add to healing lotions, creams and body butters.

Have a look at our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – The Multiple Uses

Kokum butter is a wonderful body butter when applied in the right manner. It has long been used for the skin care purposes and is still used for the same. Kokum butter’s benefits are not just confined to skin, but all over, in and out.

Garcinia Indica is a deep purple color fruit. It is popularly known as “Kokum” in India. The natural outer cover of the fruit is dried and used as a spice. It gives out tangy flavor since it contains citric acid, acetic acid, hydroxycitric acid, ascorbic acid, malic acid and garcinol.

Common Uses of Kokum Butter

  • Creams, lotions, balms
  • Cosmetic foundations
  • Lipsticks
  • Conditioners
  • Moisturizers

Benefits of Kokum Butter

  • Prevents dry skin and wrinkles
  • Helps regenerate skin cells
  • High oxidative stability Use kokum butter is soaps, balms, belly balms, foot care products and other emollient skin treatments.

Kokum is a fruit with a sweet and sour taste. It is dried and used as a spice in various culinary preparations, for garnishing, and making syrups. It is used as a substitute for tamarind and lime. It imparts a purple color to curries. It grows on an evergreen tree, which bears long ovate leaves that are colored green and yellow. The fruit itself is purple and contains seeds. Kokum is native of India. It is grown in tropical rain forest of Maharashtra and Konkan region. It is also grown in Asia and Africa.

Kokum fruit has a cooling effect. An extract and juice is used to treat sunstroke. The juice is refreshing, cooling, and nutritious, hence popular in the summers. An Ayurvedic preparation called Amrutkokum made from the juice can help prevent sunstroke. It is also a digestive and helps control dysentery, constipation, piles, and acidity. Garcinol is an anti-carcinogenic. It can prevent tongue and breast cancer, and tumors.

The fruit also contains antioxidants, which prevent oxidative cell damage by free radicals. It is a cardiotonic and prevents heart diseases, lowers cholesterol and helpful in obesity. Oil obtained from Kokum seeds is converted into butter. This butter protects the skin. It is used to treat burns, moisturize dry skin during winter, and heal lip fissures. The oil is also soothing to the skin and applied to treat allergies. It is also used in confectionary and other medicines.

Go through our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – Master Of All Traits

Kokum butter is a wonderful solution to be used on the skin. The butter has many amazing properties that greatly benefit the skin and even more when they are used in combination with certain other substances.

The Kokum tree is a tropical evergreen fruit tree that provides culinary, industrial and medicinal uses especially in ayurvedic and eastern medicines. The trees are found in the forests of Goa in India. The dried outer skin is used as  a culinary spice. The seeds, fruits, and extracted oils of and are used in curries and syrups. The bark and young leaves provide astringent benefits.

Kokum (botanical name: Garcinia indica), is a deep purple fruit that is very similar to Mangosteen. The tree is native to the Western Ghats and Konkan regions of India and the fruit is commonly used in west-Indian cuisines. Various parts of the tree such as the seeds and bark of the root are used in Ayurvedic preparations since they offer a myriad of health benefits.

Dried Kokum fruit rinds are widely used in cooking as they impart a sweetish-tangy flavor to the food. The fruits contain –

  • Ctric acid
  • Acetic acid
  • Malic acid
  • Ascorbic acid
  • Hydroxycitric acid
  • Garcinol

Kokum fruits contain rich amounts of anti-oxidants that bind with free radicals and prevent oxidative damage to body cells. They also promote cell regeneration and repair.

Kokum juice is especially popular during scorching summer months as it has a cooling effect on the body and shields the body against dehydration and sunstroke. It also helps in bringing down fever and allergic reactions.

Kokum seeds contain a high percentage of oil that freezes to form Kokum butter. Kokum butter is extensively used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry as it works wonders on dry, chapped, sensitive, irritated or burnt skin.

Kokum butter is rapidly gaining popularity over cocoa butter as an intensive skin moisturizer.Due to its soothing and healing properties, it is also applied directly to wounds and infected areas on the skin. Kokum butter is rich in healthy fats like stearic and oleic acids and can also be used as edible oil.

Extracts from the Kokum fruit are traditionally used to relieve gastric problems like acidity, flatulence, constipation and indigestion.

Have a look at our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong

Kokum Butter – The Unique Qualities

Kokum butter has wonderful healing and curing properties. The butter is quite a favourite all over. It is believed to be highly anti bacterial in nature. Kokum butter when used in the nature right manner can be quite wonderful.

Kokum Butter’s own beneficial characteristics are often overlooked.  This unique butter comes from the fruits of the Garcinia Indica Tree in India.  The fruit kernels produced by this tree yield an emollient white butter.  Kokum Butter tends to be hard and brittle, with a relatively high melting point.  Like Cocoa Butter, it remains solid until it comes in contact with the skin.

Kokum Butter is often used as a substitute for Cocoa Butter due to its uniform triglyceride composition. It melts when it comes into contact with the skin. Kokum Butter is composed of beneficial compounds that help to regenerate skin cells. It’s commonly used in skin healing lotions, creams and body butters, as well as soaps, cosmetics and toiletries.

Kokum Butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation and make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues. Kokum Butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E.  Kokum Butter is a non-comedogenic (non pore-clogging) material that aids quick absorption and adds a premium texture to your cream emulsions. Kokum Butter helps regenerate tired and worn skin cells and supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. It has been used traditionally in India to soften skin and restore elasticity and as a balm for dry, cracked, rough and calloused skin. It is also beneficial for the treatment of many different conditions, such as -

  • Helps prevent dry skin and wrinkles
  • Helps regenerate skin cells

With its relatively higher melt point, it melts slightly at skin temperatures making it ideal for lipsticks and balms; it‘s also a great addition to bar soaps and skin lotions and may be easily incorporated into Lotions, Creams, and Body Butters. It is also wonderful to use in the summer as a moisturizer before and after sun exposure to reduce possibility of the skin peeling or becoming dried out.  Use as an addition to -

  • Creams, lotions, balms
  • Cosmetic foundations
  • Lipsticks
  • Conditioners
  • Moisturizers

Go through our reference links now –

  1. Butters For Skin by Clutch
  2. Tangy’ble Kokum by Complete Wellbeing
  3. Kokum Butter Benefits by Livestrong