Nilotica Unrefined Shea Butter (yellow) 250g Tub

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Why choose Shea Butter Nilotica? Uniquely buttery, it has a higher content of oleic acid, making it naturally soft and creamy. Also known as golden shea butter, this natural treasure is unrefined, wildcrafted and ethically traded with women’s co-operatives in Kenya. FDA. The information that we supply is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or illness.

Peers, K. E. (1977). The non-glyceride saponifiables of shea butter. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 28(11), 1000–1009. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740281109 Liu, S. X., & Mamidipally, P. K. (2005). Quality comparison of rice bran oil extracted with d-limonene and hexane. Cereal Chemistry, 82(2), 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1094/CC-82-0209 Europe is the main export market for shea products. It is estimated that around 250,000-300,000 tonnes of shea products are exported to Europe annually. The volume of shea butter imported to Europe ranges between 50,000 and 90,000 tonnes. Finished cosmetic products with shea butter are also exported from Africa to Europe. It is expected that the share of shea butter and shea derivatives imported from Africa will further increase. This is because of ongoing investments in the processing sector in West Africa. For example, in 2020, Bunge Loders Croklaan opened a shea butter processing facility in Ghana. The new manufacturing plant processes raw shea butter made from locally collected and crushed shea nuts into shea olein and shea stearin. Another example is the opening of a shea processing and warehousing facility for a women’s cooperative in Ghana in February 2020. The new manufacturing plant is meant for Tiyumtaba Women’s Shea Cooperative that employs around 600 women. Yé, S., Lebeau, F., Wathelet, J. P., Leemans, V., & Destain, M. F. (2007). Étude des paramètres opératoires de pressage mécanique des amandes de Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn C.F. (karité). Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment, 11(4), 79–87.See the CBI report on which trends offer opportunities on the European market for natural cosmetics. You can find more information about which trends are present on the European cosmetics market and how to take advantage of them. Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica (Kotschy) A.N. Henry & Chithra & N.C. Nair -Cameroon, Mali, and Burkina Faso [6] [7] Gezahegn, Y. A., Emire, S. A., & Asfaw, S. F. (2016). Optimization of shea ( Vitellaria paradoxa) butter quality using screw expeller extraction. Food Science and Nutrition, 4(6), 840–847. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.351

Healthline has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical associations. We avoid using tertiary references. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. Kaufmann, B., & Christen, P. (2002). Recent extraction techniques for natural products: Microwave-assisted extraction and pressurised solvent extraction. Phytochemical Analysis, 13(2), 105–113. https://doi.org/10.1002/pca.631 Medical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and draws only from peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical journals and associations. We avoid using tertiary references. We link primary sources — including studies, scientific references, and statistics — within each article and also list them in the resources section at the bottom of our articles. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. Our cold pressed, unrefined shea butter nilotica is wildcrafted, sustainably sourced and produced by womens co-operatives in Kenya. Wild harvested kernels are harvested and processed in Kenya – providing a commercial outlet and a sustainable income for the community. It is a traditional product and has been hand crafted by local women of Kenya for decades, for both culinary and cosmetic purposes. The sustainable story of nilotica production is one of it’s greatest assets and provides women with a secured income for their family. The women will harvest, clean and press the nuts themselves (within their community) and then they have the opportunity to negotiate their own price before it arrives in Europe for filtering and cleaning. This raw material has made significant positive impacts on communities within Kenya. de Ferreira, E., & S., Rogez, H. L. G., Herman, C. A. N. P. (2018). Effect of the combination of enzymatic preparations on the aqueous extraction yield of the oil from the pulp of Euterpe oleracea fruit. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 35(4), 1193–1201. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-6632.20180354s20170305.Shea Butter is cold-pressed and unrefined, ensuring that it retains its natural nutrients and healing properties. Dandjoma, A., Adjia, H., Kameni, A., & Tchiégang, C. (2009). Procédés traditionnels de production et circuit de commercialision du beurre de kartié au Nord-Cameroun. Tropicultura, 27(1), 3–7.