Cupuaçu butter
The cupuacu butter is a vegetable fat , which from the seeds of Cupuaçu or large-flowered cocoa ( Theobroma grandiflorum ) is obtained. It is light beige, semi-solid at room temperature and has a sour, aromatic odor.
The triglycerides of fat consist mainly of esters with oleic , stearic and arachidic acid , and to a small extent with pamitic and linoleic acid . The melting point is slightly below that of cocoa and shea butter .
Cupuaçu butter is used in the cosmetics and food industries and as a substitute for cocoa butter.
literature
- Sabine Krist: Lexicon of vegetable fats and oils. 2nd edition, Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7091-1004-1 , pp. 201-203.