Shea Butter

SHEA butter is a solid fatty oil that is derived from the nuts of Karite trees (also known as Mangifolia) predominantly found in Africa (grows wild in the equatorial belt of central Africa between Gambia and Sudan where oil palms do not grow because of insufficient precipitation). The Karite tree bears the fruits and the nuts inside the fruits contain shea butter. The nuts are then crushed, boiled and manipulated in order to extract a light colored fat, which is commonly referred to as shea butter. Our shea butter (an organic ingredient) comes from Ghana. This Shea Butter has been deodorized through a vacuuming process and colour removed through a clay straining process; both processes do not harm the nutrients of the shea butter. We hand pack the tins, we do not melt the butter down as we want to maintain the many benefits of shea butter.