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Plant butters? A strange title, but what else could it be? It’s not plant-based butter, no, not the same thing. Let’s make up our own term for these solid blocks of fat, extracted from plant seeds, that moisturise the skin and hair.

Plant seeds are full of fats (and starches and nutrients) so that they can produce a shoot that will have enough energy to rise out of the soil and proceed with photosynthesis. It is these fats that have been consumed for millennia, pressed from the seeds by humankind to become well-known vegetable oils such as sunflower, rapeseed, coconut or palm oil. For plant butters it is the same thing! Except that, in their case, the fat is solid at room temperature, creating a 'butter'. <b>The most famous example is cocoa butter in chocolate.</b>

Shea, illipe, murumuru, cupuaçu, kokum - these are a few of the many plant butters we purchase from around the world, trying to find the most regenerative sources. Having multiple butters at hand helps in times of shortage, but more importantly, it allows for a wide choice of aroma, texture, melting point, and effects on skin and hair. At Lush, we love diversity… in all aspects of the business!

What are the common benefits of plant butters for the skin and hair?

At Lush, we have a team of creative product inventors who love to try new ingredients, and a team of hard-working buyers who relentlessly try to fulfil their wishes. The tricky part is finding a supplier that meets <a href="https://weare.lush.com/lush-life/our-company/we-are-buying/">our high standards</a> and <a href="https://weare.lush.com/lush-life/our-policies/non-animal-testing/">strict non-animal testing policy</a>. Each of our manufacturing sites worldwide has its own team of buyers and therefore, its own unique sources for plant butters.&nbsp;

Learn more about some of our lesser known butters and their sources by clicking on their name below:

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/illipe-butter">Illipe butter</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/murumuru-butter">Murumuru butter</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/cupuacu-butter">Cupuaçu butter</a>

<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i/kokum-butter">Kokum butter</a>

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'Plant butter' is an invented term to describe a solid block of fat extracted from a plant seed that moisturises the skin and hair, such as cocoa butter.

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