Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. It is vegan. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 1,798 products, most often body care.
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What does Butyrospermum Parkii Butter do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter keeps the skin in good condition and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.
What is Butyrospermum Parkii Butter?
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter is the fat obtained from the fruit of the Shea Tree, Butyrospernum parkii, Sapotaceae.
- Also named
- Shea Butter
- CAS number
- 194043-92-0, 91080-23-8
- EC number
- 293-515-7
- CosIng reference
- 84401
Is Butyrospermum Parkii Butter vegan?
Yes. Open Beauty Facts records nothing from an animal in Butyrospermum Parkii Butter.
Which products contain Butyrospermum Parkii Butter?
Open Beauty Facts finds Butyrospermum Parkii Butter in the ingredient lists of 1,798 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hand creams and face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 520 · United States 309 · Germany 276 · Australia 117.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Butyrospermum Parkii Butter turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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