BUTTER
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Butter
- butter
The solid fat from Avocado (Persea Gratissima)'s fruit. Plant butters seal the surface and soften coarse or dry hair; high on a list they make a product decidedly rich.
- products in our library
- 5
- of researched products
- 0.1%
- on the label, in our conditioners
- usually #16
- most common in
- Conditioner
- in water
- Oil-soluble
At a glance
Four things worth knowing about how this ingredient behaves on hair.
How much of it is left on hair between washes.
What it takes to get it off the hair again.
Where the class sits between an ester and a butter.
How much it slows water leaving the strand.
| Property | Level | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| Buildup risk | Needs a cleanser | 4 of 5 |
| Rinse-out behaviour | Rinses with a cleanser | 2 of 5 |
| Weight | Heavy | 5 of 5 |
| Sealing | Strongest | 5 of 5 |
What it does for a formula
What Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Butter does
The general function first, then how the role changes by product type where we have researched it.
The heaviest emollient. Welcome on coarse hair, obvious on fine hair.
Solid at room temperature, so it stays where it is put.
Smooths the feel of the strand without adding hold or cleaning.
Slows evaporation from the strand more than any other lipid class.
Charge
Charge is not recorded for this ingredient.
Solubility
Needs a surfactant to remove. On a low-detergent routine it can build up over time.
Where it appears
Where it appears
One row per product category in our library: how many products list it, what share of that category that is, and where it typically sits on the label.
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Conditioner
2 products
|
secondary · #16 | |
Shampoo
1 product
|
secondary · #14 | |
Styler: curl cream
1 product
|
secondary · #17 | |
Styler: gel
1 product
|
secondary · #12 |
| Product type | Products | Share of category | Median position | Earliest position | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditioner | 2 | 0% | 16 | 16 | secondary |
| Shampoo | 1 | 0% | 14 | 14 | secondary |
| Styler: curl cream | 1 | 0% | 17 | 17 | secondary |
| Styler: gel | 1 | 0% | 12 | 12 | secondary |
We have not researched differences by product type yet. The reading below comes from where it sits on the labels in our library.
Position footprint
Every listing in our library, by position on the label.
| Positions | Zone | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Leading | 0 |
| 4-8 | Supporting | 0 |
| 9-15 | Secondary | 2 |
| 16-25 | Lower | 3 |
| 26+ | Trace | 0 |
How to read this
US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order.
So position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
Why it matters to shoppers
What seeing this ingredient tells you, what it does not, and the limits of our own method.
- rich moisture for coarse or dry hair
- rich moisture
- a softer feel
- a barrier that slows water loss
- an exact safety score (we do not publish one for any ingredient)
- how a finished product performs, which depends on the whole formula, not one line of it
- the exact percentage in a bottle, because label position never converts into a number
- a secondary butter, listed below the main ingredients in our conditioners
- it was on the printed ingredient list of every product we counted (we read labels, not marketing copy)
- that it suits every hair type (weight is the trade-off)
- that a product is right or wrong for you
We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
Commonly paired with
The ingredients that most often appear alongside this one in our library. We leave out the near-universal ones, because they pair with everything and tell you nothing.
- Rice Amino Acids · 5
- Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter · 5
- Chenopodium Quinoa Seed · 4
- Sorbic Acid · 3
- Aminomethyl Propanol · 3
- Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil · 3
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · 3
- Caprylyl Glycol · 3
- Dicetyldimonium Chloride · 2
- Dehydroacetic Acid · 2
The number beside a name is how many products in our library list both.
These ingredients tend to appear together to firm up damaged areas, soften the strand, and keep the formula stable.
Found in these products
The most prominent placements first. The badge is the position on that product’s own ingredient list.
Fairy Tales · Styler
Curly-Q Spray Hair Gel
#12 on the label · $1.28/oz
Fairy Tales · Shampoo
Curly-Q Hydrating Shampoo
#14 on the label · $1.36/oz
Fairy Tales · Conditioner
Curly-Q Hydrating Conditioner
#16 on the label · $1.25/oz
Fairy Tales · Conditioner
Daily Cleanse Conditioner
#16 on the label · $1.10/oz
Fairy Tales · Styler
Curly-Q™ Kids Curl Cream for Curly Hair
#17 on the label · $1.66/oz
Identity
What this entry is, and what our references call it.
No public-domain structure depiction is available for this entry.
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Butter
- emollient
- sealant
- persea gratissima (avocado) fruit butter
For your hair?
Whether Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Butter matters for your hair depends on your hair.
5 products in our library list itWhat this ingredient does, and where it sits on the labels we have researched.
A verdict on any product that contains it, and never a safety grade.
We do not physically test your hair. Everything above comes from the ingredient lists in our library and from published references. The consultation is what turns it into a plan.
References
Seed entry, sourcing in progress Written from our reference work; primary sourcing is still being attached.
No published source is attached to this entry yet.
How this page was made
- Every number above is counted from the ingredient lists in our own product library: 5 of 6816 researched products list this ingredient. Nothing on this page is written per ingredient.
- The dots are levels, not scores. Each one comes from what kind of ingredient it is (its chemical class, charge and solubility) or from where it sits on the labels we have.
- US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
- The prominence bands (leading, supporting, secondary) are the same ones the product pages use to read a single label, applied here to the median position across a category.
- We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
- Identifiers and references appear only when a published source is attached to this entry. Without one, we leave the row out rather than fill it in.
- This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
- Entry last updated 2026-09-22. Product-page methodology: the product library.
