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Shea Nut Products
Ghana shea nut & shea butter — traceable to the collector.
Wild-collected by women across our partner communities in Northern Ghana, sun-dried and hand-sorted before it reaches our warehouses — with a premium paid directly at the point of sale and every bag traceable back to the collector.
CLEANED & SORTED
Shea nut
Women-collected, sun-dried and sorted — traceable to the collector.
Specifications
MoistureMax 10%
ProteinMin 35%
Oil contentMin 40%
Damaged kernelsMax 5%
Foreign matterMax 2%
SalmonellaAbsent
MycotoxinsAbsent
AflatoxinAbsent
✓EU & NOP Organic — available
PROCESSED
Shea butter
Crude Grade A shea butter for food and cosmetics buyers.
Specifications
Density @ 40°C0.910–0.918 g/cm³
Free fatty acidMax 9%
Iodine value50–61
Peroxide valueMax 10 meqO₂/kg
Moisture, impurities & volatilesMax 0.2%
Melting point30–40°C
MOSH<10 ppm
MOAH<1 ppm
✓EU & NOP Organic — available
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