Throughout the shea butter producing areas of West Africa, producers employ different methods in drying the shea nuts. Most use the traditional sun drying methods while others use the traditional ovens.
We discourage the use of traditional ovens for the following reasons:
- No control over the degree of heat applied to nuts
- Increased incidents of burned nuts which can result in carcinogens on the final product
- Final shea butter product will have a burnt smell
- Final shea product will have a greyish color
