This isn’t your typical stone fruit found inside major supermarkets come stone fruit season, instead, this superfood is actually found in the woodlands of the Northern Territory.

Kakadu Plum also known as “Billy Goat or Bush Wattle,” tells Tony & Ewan, Co-Founders of Tony & Munro, has been used for centuries in traditional Indigenous medicines due to their powerful healing properties. 

So it’s no wonder this fruit has made its way onto the ingredient lists of international beauty brands worldwide and below we tell you exactly why.

What Is Kakadu Plum?

Resembling a mini pear, the Kakadu Plum is a little green fruit housing more Vitamin C and Antioxidants than oranges and blueberries combined.

Kakadu Plum is known for their “High nutritional value and highest known of any natural source of Vitamin C,” says Jason Chen, Assistant Brand Manager of Mere Skincare.

What Skin/Hair Concerns Is It Best Suited To?

Kakadu Plum is best suited as a preventative ingredient “Helping with dry, damaged and prematurely aged skin for its healing and restorative properties,” says Tony & Ewan.

In haircare such as Sukin’s Colour Care Range, Mykaela mentions that Kakadu Plum is used to “Lend lustre and natural shine to our strands, that is why you will find it formulated in our colour care range, using a gentle formulation that helps to prevent colour fading. This range has been created to leave your hair looking and feeling like you have just left the hair salon.”

Did You Know?

Did you know that the Kakadu Plum contains “100x the Vitamin C of an orange and 13x the antioxidants of blueberries?” tell, Tony & Evan, Founders of Tony & Munro.

Not only is Kakadu Plum a source of Vitamin C,  Jason adds that it is also a “Good source of antioxidants including ellagic acid, anthocyanins, and lutein among others.

Kakadu plum contains 6 times the amount of polyphenols and 13.3 times more antioxidant activity than blueberries!”

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