Ingredient family

Plant butters

21 ingredients in this family, 10 rated 3/5 or higher. Grouped by published comedogenic rating, highest first.

Solid-at-room-temperature plant fats: shea, cocoa, mango and the rest of the “… Butter” family.

4/5 — high (4)

4/5Bacuri ButterCited high in butter compilations.
4/5Cocoa ButterRich butter, strongly comedogenic.
4/5Coconut ButterAs comedogenic as the oil.
4/5Cupuacu ButterConflicting citations (1–4); higher-caution 4 kept.

3/5 — moderate (6)

3/5Avocado ButterRicher processed form; cited higher than avocado oil.
3/5Kombo ButterCited 2–3; higher kept.
3/5Macadamia ButterCited 2–3; higher kept.
3/5Mafura ButterCited 2–3; higher kept.
3/5Mango ButterCited 2–3; higher kept.
3/5Ucuuba ButterCited 2–3; higher kept.

2/5 — low-to-moderate (8)

2/5Almond ButterLow-moderate, like the oil.
2/5Coffee ButterCited 1–2; higher kept.
2/5Illipe ButterCited 1–2; higher kept.
2/5Kokum ButterCited 0–2 across lists; higher kept.
2/5Murumuru ButterAmazonian seed butter, cited 0–2; we keep the higher-caution 2.
2/5Olive ButterProcessed olive-oil butter, low-moderate.
2/5Pistachio ButterLow-moderate.
2/5Tucuma ButterLow-moderate.

1/5 — low (2)

1/5Aloe ButterAloe extract in a coconut-derived base, cited 0–1; higher kept.
1/5Sal ButterRated low.

0/5 — not rated as comedogenic (1)

0/5Shea ButterDespite richness, classic lists rate it 0 — low clogging.

About these ratings

Every number is a published rabbit-ear assay grade (Fulton 1989 lineage), shown with its source and a confidence tier on the ingredient page. A rating describes a raw ingredient as tested, not a finished product: concentration, formulation and individual skin decide real-world behaviour. 3/5 and up is where the 1989 AAD symposium recommended caution. How we rate · full sortable table and CC-BY download.