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Butyrospermum Parkii Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Butyrospermum Parkii Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 33 products, most often soaps.

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What does Butyrospermum Parkii Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Butyrospermum Parkii Oil softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What is Butyrospermum Parkii Oil?

Butyrospermum Parkii Oil is the liquid fraction obtained from the Shea TreeButyrospernum parkii, Sapotaceae.

CAS number
91080-23-8
EC number
293-515-7
CosIng reference
55026

Which products contain Butyrospermum Parkii Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds Butyrospermum Parkii Oil in the ingredient lists of 33 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, body care and shaving.

  • Soaps4
  • Body care2
  • Shaving2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · United States 11 · Germany 3 · Russia 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Butyrospermum Parkii Oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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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’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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