Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hi, Can anyone please help. My understanding is there is no such thing as yellow shea butter (it is really yellow almost the colour of butter), but that it is kpangnan from the African Butter Tree. Anyone have any info. Many thanks. Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 I have had unrefined yellow shea butter from my ghanian supplier here in UK. It feels and looks just the same and is something to do with how they extract it - I can ask more if you like Ann Hi, Can anyone please help. My understanding is there is no such thing as yellow shea butter (it is really yellow almost the colour of butter), but that it is kpangnan from the African Butter Tree. Anyone have any info. Many thanks. Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thanks Ann. I am going by what it says on this site http://www.agbangakarite.com/Kpangnan/golden-shea-butter.htm Would appreciate any info. Virginia Ann Thorpe wrote: >I have had unrefined yellow shea butter from my ghanian supplier here in UK. It feels and looks just the same and is something to do with how they extract it - I can ask more if you like > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 HI Virginia, Ive just done a lot of research on this, because a supplier was totally insisting that it was shea butter. No, its not, it is Kpangnan - here is some recent correspondence on the subject Mary Well, Naturally >>1) Is my current supplier a moron and not know what they are selling? > > I think he knows what he is selling and he knows he is not selling > Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter). > > 2) How accurate would the information be from the agbangakarite > website? (In your opinion) > > His website says: > > " Kpangnan - African Butter Tree (Pentadesma butyracea) > > Kpangnan, pronounced " pie-nya, " has been sold in the USA as " golden > shea butter " or " yellow shea butter, " in fact it is from a completely > separate species of tree. " > > It may be sold as " golden shea butter " or " yellow shea butter, " but it > is not Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter). He is selling Pentadesma > Butyracea Seed Butter. Pentadesma Butyracea Seed Butter is defined as > " the oily fat extracted from the nut of Pentadesma butyracea. " It is > also called Kanya Butter. > > 3) By law, are they not required to produce this documentation when > asked? > > As far as I know, there is no law that requires a certificate of > analysis. In the US, an Material Safety Data Sheet must be supplied > with the first sale. At 04:39 AM 1/11/2005, you wrote: >Hi, >Can anyone please help. My understanding is there is no such thing as >yellow shea butter (it is really yellow almost the colour of butter), >but that it is kpangnan from the African Butter Tree. >Anyone have any info. Many thanks. > >Virginia > > >Step By Step Instructions On Making Rose Petal Preserves: ><http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.html>http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.htm\ l > >To adjust your group settings (i.e. go no mail) see the following link: ></join>/grou\ p//join > > > > >---------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hi Virginia, Unrefined shea butter is actually quite waxy, and usually grey/green in colour (sometimes it has been decolourized, so appears cream). Its a very different consistency to what is sold as urefined yellow shea butter. They have different SAP values, so are not really interchangeable. mary Well, Naturally At 04:56 AM 1/11/2005, you wrote: >Thanks Ann. >I am going by what it says on this site ><http://www.agbangakarite.com/Kpangnan/golden-shea-butter.htm>http://www.agbang\ akarite.com/Kpangnan/golden-shea-butter.htm >Would appreciate any info. > >Virginia > >Ann Thorpe wrote: > > >I have had unrefined yellow shea butter from my ghanian supplier here in > UK. It feels and looks just the same and is something to do with how > they extract it - I can ask more if you like > > > > > > > >Step By Step Instructions On Making Rose Petal Preserves: ><http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.html>http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.htm\ l > >To adjust your group settings (i.e. go no mail) see the following link: ></join>/grou\ p//join > > > > >---------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Unrefined shea butter is a sort of a greenish or yellowish-gray color. Only refined shea butter is white. Real butter, the kind you buy at the grocery store has yellow coloring added it Fresh made butter is a slightly off white color. HTH Paula ........in Michigan Coming soon Farm Fresh Soaps & Candles - Virginia Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:39 AM Re: Yellow shea? Hi, Can anyone please help. My understanding is there is no such thing as yellow shea butter (it is really yellow almost the colour of butter), but that it is kpangnan from the African Butter Tree. Anyone have any info. Many thanks. Virginia Step By Step Instructions On Making Rose Petal Preserves: http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.html To adjust your group settings (i.e. go no mail) see the following link: /join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 That's where all of mine comes from. I won't use anything else. Paula ........in Michigan Coming soon Farm Fresh Soaps & Candles Thanks Ann. I am going by what it says on this site http://www.agbangakarite.com/Kpangnan/golden-shea-butter.htm Would appreciate any info. Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hi Virginia and all, >Can anyone please help. My understanding is there is no such thing as >yellow shea butter (it is really yellow almost the colour of butter), >but that it is kpangnan from the African Butter Tree. >Anyone have any info. Many thanks. There is yellow shea butter. It generally comes out of Ghana where some villages cook the shea with roots that give it the bright yellow color. It does NOT make it better than any other butter. It could be that the butter is Kpangnan, but it would be much more expensive than shea butter, and not nearly as good for the skin. Pure unrefined shea butter is usually a beige to light golden color with a hint of green tint to it. The green tint is more evident upon melting the butter. There are villages that wrap their shea in banana leaves or other large green leaves for storage, thus adding to a green appearance. I don't think we see much of that here. The time of butter proccessing and the age of the shea nut has some to do with the color of the shea, as does the area it is grown in. Each country that produces shea (19 total) may have their butter be a little different. The way it is processed makes a difference too. I've been able to sample butters from several different countries and they all smelled different, felt different and looked different. More important than color when choosing a premium grade of shea butter is whether the butter has been laboratory tested for purity. It needs to be free of mold, mold spores (which you can only detect with a test), bacteria, high iron content, high peroxide, high FFA's, and of course it needs to be high in vitamin A content, phytosterols, cinnamic acid and have a high unsaponifiable percent. The things I just listed are what makes a shea butter considered " grade A " according to a formula the American Shea Butter Institute uses. Hth, Margaret http://www.naturalindulgences.com/SheaButterFacts.html for a little more on shea butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Thanks Margaret an everyone for your replies. It is appreciated. Virginia Margaret Helm-Duell wrote: >There is yellow shea butter. It generally comes out of Ghana where some >villages cook the shea with roots that give it the bright yellow color. It > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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