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Manteca de cupuaçu

Nombre INCI: Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter.

Calcular una pastilla 100 % de manteca de cupuaçu

Valores publicados

Índice de saponificación190.92–190.92 mg KOH/g
Usado por la calculadora190.9 mg KOH/g (punto medio)
SAP para NaOH0.1361 g/g
Índice de yodo74.3–74.3 g I₂/100 g
INS (SAP − índice de yodo)117
Punto de fusión30–30 °C
Materia insaponificable

Una pastilla hecha 100 % de manteca de cupuaçu

Dureza 41 29–54
Poder limpiador 1 por debajo de 12–22
Acondicionamiento 57 44–69
Espuma burbujeante 1 por debajo de 14–46
Espuma cremosa 40 16–48

Cualidades convencionales sumadas a partir de los grupos de ácidos grasos; una pastilla de un solo aceite es una referencia, no una receta.

Perfil de ácidos grasos

Ácido grasoRango publicado, %Usado
Ácido láurico C12:0 · saturados 0.65–0.65 0.7
Ácido mirístico C14:0 · saturados 0.28–0.28 0.3
Ácido palmítico C16:0 · saturados 7.51–8 7.8
Ácido esteárico C18:0 · saturados 31.78–32.7 32.2
Ácido oleico C18:1 40–40.6 40.3
Ácido linoleico C18:2 5.28–5.28 5.3
Ácido α-linolénico C18:3 n-3 11.56–11.56 11.6
Ácido araquídico C20:0 · saturados 0.29–10.4 5.3
Ácido behénico C22:0 · saturados 2.05–2.05 2.0

De dónde salen estos números

Las notas con fuente que aparecen debajo, y los títulos de los documentos que citan, se mantienen en su idioma original. Una cita traducida no se puede consultar, y un resumen técnico traducido ya no es el resumen que se contrastó con el documento.

Grasas y Aceites (CSIC)da Silva DCS, de Carvalho-Guimarães FB, Valente IP, Cunha N, da C. Sanches SC, da Silva DA, Silva Júnior JOC, da Silva LHM, da C. Rodrigues AM. "Fatty acid profile and rheological behavior of annatto seed oil (Bixa orellana), cupuassu seed fat (Theobroma grandiflorum), and their blends." Grasas y Aceites 74(1), e489. · documento fechado el 2023 · consultado el 2026-09-21

Table 1: saponification value, iodine value, and full fatty-acid composition (lauric through behenic) for cupuassu seed fat (CSF), all directly measured by this study via GC and standard wet-chemistry methods; also gives SFA/MUFA/PUFA subtotals that internally cross-check against the individual fatty acid values.

Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry (UFMS)Yanes CVI, de Melo Filho AA, Ribeiro PRE, et al. "Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase and Fatty Acid Composition in Theobroma grandiflorum Seeds." Orbital 9(3), 2017. · consultado el 2026-09-21

Abstract only (full PDF not accessible to me): major fatty acids oleic 40.0%, stearic 32.7%, arachidic 10.4%, palmitic 8.0%, of 9 total FAs detected by GC. Used as a cross-check on da Silva et al. 2023; flags the arachidic-acid discrepancy.

Amazon Oil (producer)Cupuaçu Butter (Theobroma grandiflorum) technical/product page · consultado el 2026-09-21

Producer page states melting point approx. 30C and butter yield approx. 45% from seeds; no SAP/iodine/fatty-acid percentages given on this page.

SAP (190.92 mg KOH/g) and iodine (74.30 g I2/100g) are da Silva et al. 2023 Table 1 directly-measured values for one study's samples (GC for fatty acids; standard titration for SAP/iodine), not a stated commercial range, so real batch-to-batch spread is likely wider than shown. Fatty acids combine da Silva et al. 2023 (full 9-acid profile) with Yanes et al. 2017 (Orbital journal, abstract only: oleic 40.0%, stearic 32.7%, arachidic 10.4%, palmitic 8.0%, out of 9 total FAs detected but not all listed in the accessible abstract). Oleic/stearic/palmitic agree reasonably (~40/32-33/7.5-8%) between the two studies, but arachidic acid diverges sharply (0.29% da Silva vs 10.4% Yanes) - flagged as an open discrepancy, not resolved by a third primary source. da Silva's alpha-linolenic figure (11.56%) is unusually high for a seed butter; Yanes' abstract does not report linolenic so it neither confirms nor contradicts this; other (unopened, not independently verified by me) secondary literature suggests cupuaçu linolenic may typically run much lower (~0.4%), so treat 11.56% with caution pending a third opened primary source before relying on it for formulation math. Melting point (~30C, no range given) is from Amazon Oil's own producer page (amazonoil.com.br), a Brazilian butter/oil producer - not cross-checked against a peer-reviewed source. Unsaponifiable matter: checked da Silva et al. 2023 (not reported), Yanes et al. 2017 abstract (not reported), and Amazon Oil's producer page (not reported) - left null, no allowed source located.

Esta ficha forma parte de la base de datos abierta de ingredientes (ODbL). ¿Ha encontrado un error o una fuente primaria mejor? El conjunto de datos está en GitHub; las correcciones con un enlace al documento son bienvenidas.