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Shea Cake
Shea Cake is the residual remains after the oil has been extracted from Shea Butter.
Shea Tree
Vitellara paradoxa, the Shea butter tree, grows across a wide swathe of Sahelian Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia. The nut from the Shea tree is processed to produce shea butter, which is a very important vegetable oil in West Africa. The high allantoic content in the butter makes it a useful base for local pharmaceutical preparations. The butter is also used to make soap and can also be used as a substitute for cocoa butter.
Shea butter is the fatty extract from the seed (almond or kernel) of the shea nut. The extract is known to contain a number of ingredients with biological activity. This biological activity includes moisturising abilities and healing of minor skin ailments, properties, which were understood by the inhabitants of West Africa since centuries.
Shea Cake is the residual remains after the oil has been extracted from Shea butter.
Production Method:
Solvent Extraction
Expeller Extraction
Applications:
Like an Organic fertilizer, shea cake is a natural pure cake, It is very good organic fertilizer .It is good for organic crops production.
The shea cake has many uses, from fuel to animal fodder, while the shells can be processed into charcoal or activated carbon. Although not widespread, shea nut cake is used for cattle feed.
The residual meal, as in the case with shea butter, is also used as a waterproofing agent to repair and mend cracks in the exterior walls of mud huts, windows, doors and traditional beehives.
The cake obtained after oil extraction can be used as fuel.
Minimum Order Quantity:
I MT
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