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INCI: Argania Spinosa - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil  -  Butyrospermum Parkii Butter - Tocopherol

CAS N° : 223747-87-3/68334-28-1/91080-23-8/ I 0 191-41-0

EINECS N° : Unknown/269-820-6/293-5 I 5-7/233-466-0

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Ref.: BUON17AF

 

Applications
Argan butter is obtained from argan oil thanks to an hydrogenated process that preserves all the properties
from Argan Oil.
Argan butter is valued for its nutritive, cosmetic and number medicinal properties. The tree, a relict species from
the Tertiary age, is extremely well adapted to drought and other environmentally difficult conditions of the
southwestern Moroccos.
Argan butter is exceptionally rich in natural tocopherols (vitamin E), rich in phenols and phenolie acid, rich in carotenes,
rich in squalane, rich in essential fatty acids, 80 % unsaturated fatty acids and depending on extraction
method resistant to oxidation.

 

Technical Information

  Specification Method
Appearance (25°C)Solid butterVisual
 ColourPale whiteVisual
 Acid value (mg KOH/g)2,0 max. NF T 60-204
 Iodine value (g/I2/100)50 – 70  NF ISO 3961
 Saponification value (mg KOH/g)130 – 180  NF T 60-206
Melting point (°C)42 – 47 NF T 60-121
 Dropping point (°C) 43 - 48NF T 60-102

 

Properties and Cosmetic Applications
Argan butter acts against the ageing of the skin by restoring the hydrolipide film and by increasing the nutritive
contributions on the level of the cells.
Argan butter is known for:
- Its nutritive, protective and softening hair properties.
- Its hardening capacity in the event of loss of skin eslasticity.
- In moisturizing massage for dry skin, chapped and devitalized skins.
- In balm to relieve rheumatisms and the articular paims.
- To neutralize free radicals and protect conjunctive tissues.
- To fortify the nails breaking.

 

Packaging and Storage
Packaging         Plastic pails, 25Kg net
Shelf Life          12 months minimum in cool conditions in unopened container.