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 obtain better grain kennels. Remove nuts from Shea fruit immediately so that they do not ferment.
Additionally dry shea nuts for 3-5 days on clean tarpaulins or mat: Check for the dryness by shaking. If properly dried, it produces a rattle sound. Immediately shell nuts by hitting but do not crush, then sort kennels according to grades. Half park the kennels separately to avoid over heating which may cause development of moulds. Lastly store the sacks off the ground so that kennels do not get dump and spoil.
