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Custom CBE Blends

Engineered from kokum, sal, and mango stearin

A contract service, not a shelf product. We blend our three stearins — kokum, sal, and mango — into custom SOS and POS ratios to match your chocolate line's exact melt curve, snap, and bloom tolerance. Lab-scale trials in 10 days. Commercial supply from 5 MT.

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The service & the brief

What this lipid actually is.

Chocolate is a triacylglycerol puzzle. Every line — from a ₹20 bar to a ₹2,000 bonbon — has a specific melt curve, a specific snap, and a specific bloom tolerance. Most manufacturers compromise by buying a standard CBE and reformulating around it. We do the opposite: you tell us the target, we engineer the lipid.

A typical engagement runs like this. You send a 1 kg sample of your current CBE and a list of parameters — target melt window, SOS-to-POS ratio, crystallisation speed, bloom tolerance, cost ceiling. Our lab replicates the profile across six to ten candidate blends of kokum, sal, and mango stearin, fractionated under dry conditions, analysed by SFC, DSC, and GC.

We ship the top three candidates for your line trial. You pick one. We commit to commercial supply from 5 MT per quarter, lock into a 12-month price, and onboard you as a named account. Every shipment arrives with lot traceability to the original co-operative kernel, a CoA, and the SFC curve you approved.

The service is priced on a development retainer plus a kilogram rate. Most engagements recover the retainer in the first commercial quarter.

You tell us the melt. We build the lipid.
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Specifications

The numbers behind every kilogram.

Technical specifications

Reference sheet · Lot-to-lot

Lab trial window
10 days
Candidate blends per brief
6–10
Commercial MOQ
5 MT
Price lock
12 months
Blend feedstocks
Kokum · Sal · Mango
SFC analysis
Included
DSC + GC profile
Included
Price band
₹900–1,400 /kg

Fatty acid signature

Fatty acidNotationTypical range
SOS (StOSt)Engineered50–80%
POS (PaOSt)Engineered5–25%
POP (PaOPa)Engineered<10%
Free stearic (C18:0)Balance35–60%
Free oleic (C18:1)Balance25–45%
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Formulation uses

Where it earns its keep.

Recommended applications by our technical desk. For co-development, we dispatch a formulator onto site for the first production batch.

AAK / Cargill alternative sourcing

Indian-origin CBE at comparable specification and lower FOB cost.

Heat-resistant chocolate lines

Engineered melt for tropical distribution summers.

Premium bonbon and bean-to-bar

Low-inclusion CBE supplement for specific bloom and snap targets.

Compound coatings at scale

Sal-heavy blends tuned for biscuit and confectionery glazes.

Non-palm chocolate claims

Zero palm across the blend. Strong EU clean-label positioning.

Private-label body butters

Cosmetic-grade blends engineered for specific Indian-summer stability.

Substitution guidance

Our engagements typically replace an existing imported CBE 1:1. For lines currently using Manorama or AAK Kamani sal-based CBE, we can match the SFC curve while lifting cosmetic credibility through kokum or mango inclusion. Clients sign a mutual NDA before lab work begins.

Sample programme

Open an engineering brief.

Send your current CBE specification, a 1 kg sample, and your target parameters. Our technical desk responds within two working days.

Request the sample
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Also from the shelf

Three more dossiers.

We do not sell commodity butters.

From Konkan with love.