Cupuacu Butter
Plant butter · INCI: Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter
Reviewed by Elysiana Aguilar, master esthetician
How we read it
Not a pore-clogger. Considered safe for acne-prone skin.
Is Cupuacu Butter comedogenic?
No. Cupuacu Butter isn't considered pore-clogging, and we read it as safe to use on acne-prone skin. That doesn't make it right for everyone, but congestion isn't the thing to watch for with it.
Why we read it this way
Cupuacu butter is soft and creamy, made from the seeds of a rainforest tree closely related to cacao and valued for how well it takes up and holds water. It is softer than cocoa butter and feels less waxy. We read it as not pore-clogging.
The nuance
Cocoa butter comes from its close relative cacao and is one we do flag, so the two get confused. They are different butters with different readings. Cupuacu is still rich, and a thick layer can sit heavy on oily skin.
Where it shows up
Body butters, hand and foot creams, lip balms and hair masks, and richer moisturizers made for dry or mature skin.
Related ingredients
One ingredient rarely tells the whole story. The acne ingredient checker reads everything in a product at once, and there is more on what comedogenic means. Also in the guides: What acne actually is.