Aligned with the growing demand for natural solutions to green formulations, Beraca launches its Tucumã Butter, a sustainable, clean and effi cient alternative to silicones in skin care formulations.

Beraca's Tucumã Butter is 100% natural, non-hydrogenated, and lightweight. Together with its natural oil properties and benefi ts, it can be used to promote a silicone-like sensorial feel in health & personal care formulas, with fast absorption and high spreadability, promoting shine and smoothness to formulations.

In addition to the proven cosmetics benefi ts of Beraca's Tucumã Butter, the ingredient is sustainably harvested by amazonian local families, providing positive socio-environmental impacts and an extra source of income for more than 90 families, with direct impact in the lives of approximately 600 people.

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100% natural alternative to the silicone feel in cosmetic formulations

Tucumã Butter Sensory Profi le

During Application After Application

Tucumã ButterSilicone 200/350Silicone 9040 Tucumã ButterSilicone 200/350Silicone 9040

Oiliness

SpreadabilityGreasiness

Absorption time

Shine

INCI Name: Astrocaryum Vulgare Kernel Oil

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Sensory evaluation panel (20 assesors) comparing Tucumã Butter with Silicone 9040 and Silicone 200/350 during application.

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Sensory evaluation panel (20 assesors) comparing Tucumã Butter with Silicone 9040 and Silicone 200/350 2 minutes after application.

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Indications

Skin and hair care products focused on new textures, with exclusive sensorial properties.

Properties

• 100% natural alternative to silicones • Emollient - helps maintain skin’s

moisture balance

• Contains lauric acid - strengthens hair fi ber by protecting it from breakage

• Light texture and non-greasy feel• Fast absorption and high spreadability• Light colour and odorless

Aligned with the growing demand for natural solutions to green formulations, Beraca launches its Tucumã Butter, a sustainable, clean

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TECHNICAL DATA SHEET:

TUCUMA BUTTER

BERACA presents a wide portfolio composed of fixed oils, butters, scrubs, clays and actives

sustainably sourced from the Brazilian biodiversity. The ingredients sold by the company are

directly related to the work developed by extractive communities throughout Brazil. Through

the Socio-Biodiversity Enhancement Program®, the company connects biodiversity to

thousands of consumers around the world. This means, among other advantages for our

stakeholders, transparency, traceability and innovation, which directly contribute to regional

development and environmental preservation of different biomes in the country.

GENERAL INFORMATION As a member of the Arecaceae family, the Astrocaryum vulgare is a native plant of the Amazonian

region. Tucumã is commonly found in Pará, on solid ground of the Amazonian Forest.

A. vulgare grows near rivers but on non-flooded areas, on solid ground, low vegetable coverage, and

grasslands, and can reach from 10 to 15 m high, with a 10 to 20 cm diameter trunk. It has very thorny

leaves with 6 to 7 m long, and 1 m long bunches.

It has perennial leaves, heliophyte, selective xerophyte, characteristic of the Amazonian rainy solid

ground forest. Tucumã trees produce 2 to 5 fruit bunches per year and each bunch weights between

10 and 30 kg, containing from 200 to 400 fruits, as an average. One kilogram of fruits contains about

90 units. Tucumã flowrishes from August to November and its fruits ripen from the end of November

up to May.

PROPERTIES

Tucumã butter acts as an emollient, rich in lauric acid and myristic. Promotes hydration with rapid

absorption through the skin, in addition to strengthening the hair fiber, protecting it from breakage.

The use of this raw material is indicated for the development of various types of cosmetics, especially

those aimed at new textures. As a natural alternative to the use of silicones, it has unique sensory

properties such as high spreadability and light texture, promoting dry and non-greasy touch to the

skin.

COSMETIC USE • Hair products for all hair types (shampoos, conditioners, masks, combing creams, ampoules,

pomades, finishers, etc.);

• Body and facial products for all skin types (emulsions, lotions, liquid and bar soaps, shower gel, oils,

massage oils, etc.);

• Sunscreens and after sun;

• Makeups in general;

• Men's products (aftershave, shaving cream, etc.).

EFFICACY EVALUATION INTRODUCTION

The sensory profile of a cosmetic product is a key factor in the product identity composition, in its

appearance, and often it directly influences its ability to reach the desired cosmetic effect. For that,

there are bunches of ingredients acting as sensory modifiers, this is, they are able to change a cosmetic

base sensory by promoting “dry touch”, “smoothness”, “high spreadability”, “fast absorption”,

amongst many other features.

Major ingredients in this class are silicones, synthetic compounds widely used in the cosmetic industry.

There are several types of silicones, each one with different sensory attributes, being applied in

formulations for skincare, haircare, sunprotection, and even to care of sensitive skins.

Although sensory benefits given by silicones are highly attractive and justify the large amount of

products containing them, their use is being questioned in terms of their effects on the skin, hair, and

even on the environment. Some silicones are cumulative, since they adhere to hair threads and to the

skin, demanding a larger rinse time and, sometimes stronger surfactants must be used for a complete

product removal. After a continuous use, this may provoke dryness or even mild irritations.

In addition, silicones are inactive in terms of soil and water reactions, besides being not biodegradable.

Thus, whenever silicone-containing products are rinsed, they are transported by water, polluting it

and contributing for rivers and seas pollution.

Therefore, searches after new ingredients that may be alternatives to the silicones use, with the same

sensory features, but showing greater skin health and environment benefits, are highly valuable for

the cosmetic industry.

Beraca, analyzing this scenery, searched the Brazilian biodiversity for an ingredient to meet this

demand. After investigations, evaluating the compared sensory profile of two silicones to wide use in

the market, Beraca is presenting a brand new ingredient, with proved efficacy, as a natural alternative

to the use of silicones.

OBJECTIVE

This study purpose was comparing the sensory profile of TUCUMÃ BUTTER against a commercial

silicone, widely used in the cosmetic market, in order to present the butter as a natural alternative to

the use of silicones.

METHODS

1. Laboratory

The study was carried out in an independent laboratory, the Kosmoscience Ciência & Tecnologia

Cosmética Ltda. Study reference Nr: BC078-18 - R1.

2. Experimental and Treatment Groups

Experimental groups and their respective treatments are reported in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Test products used in the study BC078-18 - R1.

Experimental group Identification

SILICONE 200/350 SILICONE DIMETICONE

TUCUMÃ BUTTER TUCUMÃ BUTTER

During the studies, products were stored under room temperature.

3. Protocol procedure

The descriptive sensory analysis is performed from the evaluation by a skilled sensory panel. In this

study, 20 appraisers (40 ± 9 years), both genders, under controlled temperature (22 ± 2°C) and relative

humidity (55 ± 5%) conditions, were selected for characterizing previously defined sensory features

described in Table 2.

Table 2. Sensory features of test products assessed in the present study.

Feature Definition

During the application

Absorption time Time elapsed in order that the skin starts absorving the product - very

slow to very rapid

Spreadability Easiness to spread/diffuse the product on the skin

Oiliness Oil feel on the skin during and after the product application

Greasiness Grease feel, forming a film on the skin, immediately after the product

application

Shine Intensity of the skin reflected light, immediately after the product

application

After the application

Dry feel Feeling of non oily, non sticky, and no shine on skin

Tackiness Intensity of the product adherence to the skin

Oiliness Oil feel over the skin two minutes after the product application

Greasiness Grease feel, forming a film over the skin two minutes after the product

application

Softness Feeling of “peach skin”

Shine Intensity of the skin reflected light two minutes after the product

application

The evaluation was carried out with a 10-point linear scale, with quantitative references for

Little/Nothing, Medium/Intermediate and High/Intense of each attribute, as showed in Figure 1.

Figure 1. 10 point linear scale and quantitative references for each feature intensity.

Low/Nothing Medium/Intermediate High/Intense

Appraisers were instruct to stop the use of any topic product on their forearmes regions at least 48

hours before the study beginning. On appraisers forearms 5cm diameter circles were marked, on

which 25 μL of each test product were randomly applied. With index and middle fingers, the product

was spread with 15 circular (rotary) movements and constant speed. Appraisers have individually applied each one of the test products in a blind study. Upon each

application, they filled in a questionnaire quantifying attributes and defining the sensory profile. Scores of each attribute were evaluated by the bimodal, non-paired Student t-test, considering a 95%

confidence interval. The softwares Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (Microsoft Corp., USA, 2010) were used

in the data analysis and the GraphPadTM Prism® 6.0 (GraphPad Software, San Diego, Califórnia - USA)

was used in the statistical analysis. RESULTS Graphs 1 and 2 below show averages recorded in the sensory profile evaluation during and after the

TUCUMÃ BUTTER application, respectively.

* Statistical significance p<0.05 compared to SILICONE DIMETICONE.

Graph 1. Graphic representation of average scores obtained during the application of TUCUMÃ BUTTER and

SILICONE DIMETICONE.

* Statistical significance p<0.05 compared to SILICONE DIMETICONE.

Graph 2. Graphic representation of average scores obtained after the application of TUCUMÃ BUTTER and

SILICONE DIMETICONE.

According to results showed in Graphs 1 e 2, scores reached by TUCUMÃ BUTTER and SILICONE

DIMETICONE are statistically equal. Therefore, the butter can be presented as a natural alternative to

the use of this commercial silicone, maintaining the same sensory profile in formulations.

CONCLUSION

From results of the descriptive and comparative sensory analysis of test products, it is possible to see

that TUCUMÃ BUTTER reached results that are statistically equal to those obtained by SILICONE

DIMETICONE in all features evaluated, and thus it may be presented as a natural alternative to the use

of silicones in the improvement of cosmetic textures, and it is able to keep the same sensory profile

given by silicones, besides bringing additional benefits to skincare, haircare, and environment health.

BERACA INGREDIENTES NATURAIS S.A.

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Pará - Brazil

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