Lipex® Illipesoft - AAK
Lipex® Illipesoft - AAK
Lipex® Illipesoft - AAK
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Borneo Butter for<br />
Natural Body Care<br />
Lipex ®<br />
<strong>Illipesoft</strong><br />
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stable illipe butter for body butter and other skin care applications<br />
soft and dry skin feel with high emolliency<br />
sustainable ingredient from the rainforests of Borneo<br />
Lipex ® <strong>Illipesoft</strong> is a novel improved illipe (shorea)<br />
butter with soft consistency and simple crystallisation<br />
behaviour. It is especially suited for emulsifi ed and<br />
anhydrous body butters due to its excellent moisturising<br />
properties.<br />
Stable even at high levels<br />
in skin care formulations<br />
Lipex ® <strong>Illipesoft</strong> differs from traditional Illipe butter<br />
in that the melting and crystallisation behaviour<br />
has been optimised to suit the needs of the cosmetic<br />
industry. Traditional Illipe butter is a hard, brittle<br />
solid melting close to body temperature while Lipex ®<br />
<strong>Illipesoft</strong> has a higher melting point (49 °C) but is<br />
softer at room temperature, see fi gure to the right.<br />
The crystallisation and stabilisation into the preferred<br />
beta crystal form is also more rapid. This gives<br />
formulations made with Lipex ® <strong>Illipesoft</strong> a longer<br />
shelfl ife, even when used at high levels in the formulation.<br />
Typical levels in a skin care formulation would<br />
be up to 5 %.<br />
Solid fat content (%)<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
10 20 30 40 50<br />
Temperature (°C)<br />
Traditional Illipe Butter<br />
Lipex ® <strong>Illipesoft</strong>
Sustainable Borneo Butter for<br />
Natural skin care<br />
Illipe butter (INCI: Shorea Stenoptera Seed<br />
Butter) originates in the tropical rainforests of South-<br />
East Asia. The trees grow by the river banks and in<br />
water-logged swamps in Borneo at altitudes up to<br />
800 meters. The climatic conditions are typical for<br />
tropical rainforests – high rainfall, 4000-5000 mm/<br />
year, temperature 28-35 °C and relative humidity 80-<br />
90 %. The tall trees (20-40 m) flower in September-<br />
November after the dry season, the fruits ripening<br />
through January-March. The kernel weighing up<br />
to 45 grams is enclosed by five leaves that harden<br />
as the fruit ripens and act as a wing to assist in the<br />
spreading of the seed around the parent tree.<br />
The kernels are collected by the aboriginal inhabitants<br />
of the rainforests (Dayaks). The families<br />
go up the rivers in their longboats to the territories<br />
traditionally belonging to them. The ground beneath<br />
the trees that will yield a good harvest is cleared to<br />
make it easier to pick the fallen kernels and to scare<br />
away snakes and other dangerous animals. Kernels<br />
can also be collected from the rivers using bamboo<br />
or rattan nets or baskets. The wings are removed<br />
from the kernels which as split open and sun-dried<br />
to reduce the water content.<br />
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Composition of Illipe butter<br />
The illipe butter is characterised by a very simple<br />
fatty acid composition, oleic, stearic and palmitic<br />
acid making up more than 95 % of the fatty acid<br />
composition. Stearic acid dominates (45 %), followed<br />
by oleic acid (35 %) and palmitic acid (17 %).<br />
Illipe butter has a fairly high amount of unsaponifiable<br />
matter (1.5 %), dominated by triterpene alcohols<br />
and phytosterols. The content of tocopherols (approximately<br />
200 ppm) is typical for a predominantly<br />
saturated vegetable oil.<br />
Stearic acid 45 %<br />
Oleic acid 35 %<br />
Palmitic acid 17 %<br />
Unsaponifiables 1.5 %