Avocado (mashed)
Brings fat of its own into the bar. Label appeal: a soap made with a favourite fruit or vegetable. The Nerdy Farm Wife supplier or guide, Soap Queen supplier or guide
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What it is
Raw avocado, mashed: mostly water, with a good deal of fat.
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How much
- up to 33.3 % of the water The Nerdy Farm Wife supplier or guide
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When and how
- Usually: into the oils.
- Also used: at light trace, after the cook.
- Blend it smooth first.
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What it does to the recipe
- 73.23 % is water, taken off the recipe’s water.
- 14.66 % is fat, which stays in the bar as extra superfat.
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Worth knowing
- Caution: Blend it smooth: pieces left in the bar can spoil. The Nerdy Farm Wife supplier or guide
Spoons and drops
- 1 tsp ≈ 4.79 g
- 1 tbsp ≈ 14.4 g
- 1 cup ≈ 230 g
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INCI name
Persea Gratissima Fruit
Recipes that use it
Guides that discuss it
Sources
The Nerdy Farm Wife, avocado soap: avocado brings "essential fatty acids, and lots of label appeal"; "replacing up to 1/3 of the water amount in your recipe with mashed avocado", blended into the warmed oils; "large chunks can spoil in soap".
Soap Queen, purées in soap: "natural purees in bath and beauty products are fantastic from a marketing standpoint. Who doesn’t want a bar of soap made with their favorite fruit or veggie?"; "a strawberry puree will add extra sugar and water. Using an avocado puree will add extra fats and water"; pumpkin purée gives "a very gentle orange color", and in one soap "turned a soft orange hue"; at thin trace; "adding too much puree could cause mold and bacteria growth".
USDA FoodData Central, food 171705: Avocados, raw, all commercial varieties.