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Kakadu Plum for Skin: Vitamin C Inside and Out

Real McArthur paw paw products — paw paw cream, pawpaw cream, magnesium cream, hand cream, body cream, face cream, moisturiser for dry skin, vegan skincare and natural handmade paw paw soap, made in Australia

Walk down any skincare aisle in Australia and you’ll spot it: Kakadu plum (also called gubinge or billy goat plum) on the label of serums and creams. There’s a simple reason this bush fruit became a skincare favourite — vitamin C, in world-record amounts. Kakadu plums on the tree. Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY 4.0 Why […]

Gubinge: The Story of Kakadu Plum

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Before it was a superfood, it was simply food. Gubinge is one of the oldest names for the fruit Australia now calls the Kakadu plum — a small green fruit that people in this country’s north have been gathering for tens of thousands of years. Gubinge (Kakadu plum) on the tree. Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY […]

Where to Buy Kakadu Plum Powder in Australia (2026 Guide)

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Kakadu plum (also called gubinge or billy goat plum) powder is sold all over Australia these days — health food shops, markets, and plenty of online stores. But bottles that look identical can contain wildly different amounts of actual fruit. Before you buy from anyone — including us — run through this five-point checklist. Kakadu […]

How to Use Kakadu Plum Powder: 8 Easy Ways

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Kakadu plum (also called gubinge or billy goat plum) powder is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C on earth — ours is laboratory-tested at 12.1% natural vitamin C. But a tub of powder is only useful if you know what to do with it. Here are eight easy ways, from breakfast to […]

Kakadu Plum Powder Benefits: Australia’s Vitamin C Powerhouse

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Kakadu plum (also called gubinge or billy goat plum) is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C ever measured in a food — and it grows right here in Australia. Ours is laboratory-tested at 12.1% natural vitamin C, which is why this small native fruit has become one of the most talked-about superfoods […]

Paw Paw Salve vs Paw Paw Cream: What’s the Difference?

Walk into any Australian chemist and you’ll see them side by side: paw paw salves, paw paw balms, paw paw creams — all with the same fruit on the label, all promising much the same thing. But they’re not the same product, and knowing the difference saves you buying the wrong one. What is a […]

What Is Paw Paw Cream? (And What Should Be in a Good One)

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Paw paw cream (also spelled pawpaw or papaw, and known as papaya, popo, or botanically Carica papaya) is one of those things every Australian household seems to own — a soft, skin-loving cream made from the tropical paw paw fruit (Carica papaya). The fruit’s natural enzyme, papain, along with its vitamin C, is why paw […]

What Is Kakadu Plum? Australia’s Vitamin C Powerhouse

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The Kakadu plum (also called gubinge or billy goat plum) is a small, pale-green fruit from the Top End — and most Australians have never tasted one. Yet it holds a remarkable record: one of the highest natural vitamin C concentrations ever measured in a fruit, often cited at up to 50 times that of […]

Why We Built Our Natural Skincare Range on Organic Paw Paw

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When we started making skincare, we made one decision that shaped everything after it: the paw paw would be real, Australian, and from organic growers — or we wouldn’t make it at all. Australia’s skincare fruit Paw paw — known in many places as papaya — is a tropical fruit with soft golden flesh and […]

The Benefits of Paw Paw as a Food and Using It as a Cream for Your Skin

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Benefits of Paw Paw as a Food and for Natural Skincare Benefits of Paw Paw for Skin and Natural Skincare Once referred to as the “fruit of the angels”, paw paw has long been loved for its golden colour, tropical flavour and naturally rich fruit profile. In Australia, paw paw has become a familiar favourite […]