Organic Filtered and Deodorised Shea Butter - Refined
This lovely Shea Butter is produced by a woman’s cooperative in Ghana.
The ripe nuts of the shea tree are collected by the women after the nuts have fallen to the ground.
The green edible peel is removed and the nuts are sun dried before being roasted and kneaded by hand to produce the soft shea butter.
The woman also hand weave the baskets used to transport the finished shea butter.
After washing with water to remove impurities and skimming/separating the butter from the water, the crude solid butter is transported to the refining plant in Holland where it is received by a certified importer for organic oils and fats.
There the butter is melted, then bleached, filtered and deodorised.
Once this process is complete the butter is cooled and packed.
The final butter is white to pale yellow in colour with a faint characteristic odour.
CAS Number: 91080-23-8
EC Number: 293-515-7