The final product of the extraction process is a beautiful, smooth, ivory to light yellow shea butter with it's characteristic nutty scent. The wisdom and skill of these African women to extract this rich nourishing butter from a brown shea nut never ceases to amaze me.
The process for quality shea butter begins with the harvesting. The end result will be shea butter with the following characteristics
- Low FFA (Free Fatty Acids)
- Low Moisture Content
- Low impurities
