Shea nuts are cleaned, washed, and dried before being cold pressed in the factory using a mechanical oil screw press. Our Oil Mill is ISO-9001 certified, and has been processing shea nuts and other oil seeds in Northern Uganda for over fifteen years.
How is shea butter extracted?
Standard extraction technologies: the traditional, mechanized, enzymatic and chemical methods were used for shea butter extraction. Current extraction technologies which rely on different extraction parameters for shea butter extraction are yet to yield the desired qualities and efficiencies of butter.
What is Ugandan nilotia shea butter?
Our Ugandan Nilotia shea butter is of the highest quality and is produced in a socially responsible manner. Shea nuts are cleaned, washed, and dried before being cold pressed in the factory using a mechanical oil screw press.
What is shea butter used for?
Shea butter is a high-value shea nut fat used as an edible oil, antimicrobial and moisturiser in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, respectively. The annual worldwide export of shea nut from Africa is 350,000 MT of kernels with a market value of approximately $120 million to producing countries.