Sal Butter

Sal Butter (Shorea Robusta) Shorea – the genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin; Robusta meaning stout, strong in growth. Sal butter comes from the Shorea robusta tree that grows in North, East and Central India jungles, where it is used locally for cooking and soap production. Fruit kernels from the Shorea Robusta tree that is native to India is where this butter is obtained. A light colored, low odor body butter which helps prevent dry skin. Sal butter is a natural ingredient for soaps, lotions, creams, body butters, etc. with a softness rating of 6. Sal Butter is a light colored, solid butter with a low odor, smooth texture and excellent emollient properties. It is high in stearic and oleic acids and has a few polyunsaturated fatty acids. Thus, Sal Butter makes a good moisturizer and wrinkle-preventer. Sal Butter is often used to enhance spreadability of creams, lotions, and cosmetic foundations combining good emolliency with superior oxidative stability.  Comparable to cocoa butter in its physical properties, Sal Butter can be used in similar applications. Common Uses of Sal Butter Foundations Stick-based products Dry skin lotions Creams Soap Benefits of Sal Butter Prevents dry skin and wrinkles Softening effects Provides good spreadability Pliable SAL BUTTER TECHNICAL DATA SHEET TRADE NAME:OBN SL/B CHEMICAL NAME: SAL BUTTER INCI NAME:SHOREA ROBUSTA CAS NUMBER:68956-68-3   U.M. Test Methods Range Physical status at 25C °   Visual Solid Iodine value gI2/100 AOCS Tg2a-64 35 - 43 Saponification value mgKOH/g ISO 3657-1988 178 - 192 Peroxide value meq02/Kg Internal method 4.0 Color Yellow Lovibond 5-1/4 5.0R Unsaponifiable matter % Internal method 0.6 - 2.2 Melting point °C AOCS Cc3-25 34 - 38 Fatty acids composition %(GLC): Palmitic acid C16:0 4 - 7 Stearic acid C18:0 41 - 47 Oleic acid C18:1 37 - 43 Linoleic acid C18:2 0 - 4 Arachidic acid C20:0 3 - 9 Total Saturated   48 - 63 Total Monounsaturated   37 - 43 Total Polyunsaturated   0 - 4