Shea butter

Shea butter is a fat extract from the nut of the African Shea tree. African Shea butter is famous for its amazing natural benefits which help in sustaining the health of skin and hair. It contains anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and moisturizing property for skin and hair. It is widely used in cosmetics as moisturizer & lotion, edible and is used for food preparation in some African countries.

Nigeria is the leading export of Shea butter in the world at the rate of 34%.  There is a very large demand of Nigeria Shea butter due to good quality. The global Shea butter market size was valued at USD 2.17 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1% from 2023 to 2030.

Type of Shea butter

1. Unrefined Shea butter: Is a Shea butter extract that has not undergone any processing steps. It has no additional substance, natural, soft and yellow in color.

2. Refined Shea butter: Is a Shea butter extract that has undergo some processing thereby losing the natural color, smell and other natural strength.

3. Ultra refined Shea butter: Is an extract that has gone through two or more filtering which makes it loss is original composition. Mostly used for cosmetic product production.

Shea butter can be refined in different form.