La. Civ. Code art. 538
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session, Chs. 3, 6-496, effective on or before 7/1/2024
If the things subject to the usufruct are consumables, the usufructuary becomes owner of them. He may consume, alienate, or encumber them as he sees fit. At the termination of the usufruct he is bound either to pay to the naked owner the value that the things had at the commencement of the usufruct or to deliver to him things of the same quantity and quality.
La. C.C. § 538