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  • What is the refining process of shea butter?
  • Crude Shea Butter from storage tanks is directly pumped to the Retention Tank through inline mixer/High Shear Mixer, where calculated amount of phosphoric acid is added continuously by dosing system, oil before reaching to the Retention Tank passing through the Plate Heat Exchangers in PHE oil is getting heated through ...
  • How is shea oil produced?
  • They would pound the kernels in a pestle and then add water to create a paste that they'd knead by hand for at least half an hour. Next, this paste is boiled to separate the fat from the solid seed residue, and the oil is skimmed off the top and cooled to produce natural shea butter.
  • What is the difference between shea nut oil and shea butter?
  • Shea oil is fractionated from Shea butter; to produce Shea oil, Shea butter is melted, and the oleic oil is removed from the solid parts. The oleic oil is lower in stearic fatty acid content which is what gives shea butter its solid characteristics.
  • How to extract oil from shea butter?
  • You can make the oil right away or you can store it. To make the oil, the dried nuts are cracked, roasted and milled. Water is added to draw out the shea butter which is then boiled to evaporate out the water. The oil turns clear leaving a bit of the sediment at the bottom. The oil is definitely floral.