Shea almonds,Burkina Faso price supplier

Pure virgin raw shea butter produced with traditional methods without any chemical treatment

Traditional shea butter processing method

 - the nuts are sorted
 - the nuts are hand washed
 - the nuts are sun-dried
 - the nuts are pounded with traditional wood pestles or a breaker  
 - the crushed nuts are roasted in large metal pots
 - the roasted almonds are processed in a Grinder to produce a brownish paste
 - the brownish paste is processed again between two granite stones
 -the brownish paste is then hand mixed and kneaded during many hourswith addition of a small quantity of water. This produces a white/off-white thick foamy substance to obtain finally a whitish paste, the shea butter (This is the churning step we call ''barattage'')
 or
 - in some places the brownish paste is pressed/crushed with a machine
 - the shea butter is added with some water in cauldrons and heated: the impurities fall down (This is purification step)
 - the purified shea butter is decanted and filtered when poured in the clean storage metal drums (This is filtration step)

No chemicals or detergents use during all the processing

Specifications

Theseare average specifications; they can change slighly depending theseason and the batch. The customers can manage their own analysis witha sample of the shea butter.
No mineral oils or any chemical in the shea butter