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    Shea Butter in Mali
    However, they encounter numerous challenges when it comes to transporting the shea from their farms to storage and processing facilities. Additionally, the water requirements at the processing center prove physically demanding for the women, thereby reducing their efficiency in other labor-intensive tasks. Their primary focus remains on enhancing the quality and quantity of their products. […]
    Duration: 16:35:00
    How Handcrafted Shea Butter is Made
    The journey begins when the fallen shea fruit is gathered and brought home. At this point, resourcefulness comes into play as chickens are allowed to pick at the remaining fruit on the husks, ensuring that nothing goes to waste. Any lingering fruit is parboiled, and the husks are meticulously dried on cement surfaces. Once dried […]
    Duration: 07:41:00
    How To Harvest And Store Sheabutter
    The quality of shea butter depends on the quality of the shea fruits and nuts used. Handling shea fruits carefully is crucial to obtain high-quality kernels, ensuring a good price and grade for the resulting shea butter. Collecting germinated or immature nuts can contaminate the kernels, resulting in poor-quality shea butter with a bitter taste […]
    Duration: 04:08:00
    Making better shea butter
    Shea butter is rich in nutrients and is used a lot in cooking, traditional medicine, cosmetic products etc. Disadvantages Traditional shea butter extraction methods often fail to meet the necessary hygiene and quality standards, potentially posing health risks to consumers. There are several drawbacks associated with these traditional methods. Firstly, when shea kernels are pounded […]
    Duration: 07:20:00
    »Shea Butter Processing«
    »Shea Butter Processing« Value addition on agricultural products mainly shea nut along the agricultural value chains increase on their prices. Gather fruits at least once a week to prevent molding or germination, boil the nuts for 30 minutes and then dry them under sun. As nuts are cracked when they rattle inside the shell, separate […]
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    Making better shea butter
    Shea butter contains nutrients, used for cooking, cosmetics medicine and generate income. Following hygienic practices and key systematic steps results in safe butter for consumers. However avoid distractions during churning as this reduces the fat percentage and do not use steel containers as they add toxicity to the product. Sort and mill Wash shelled kennels […]
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    Harvesting and storing shea nuts
    Quality Shea butter is a good source of income. However poor harvesting and handling of sheat nuts results into poor kennels that are processed into shea butter. Shea fruits are fermented in order to easily remove the nuts. Drying and storing Collect fully mature shea nuts that have fallen on ground in clean containers to […]

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