- Butyrospermum Parkii Oil
- Oleic ≈ 50–60%
- Melts ≈ 20–25 °C
- FFA ≤ 0.5%
- Pallet to FCL
- Batch COA
- FOB Tema · CIF
01 / Material
The skin feel of shea, poured.
The lower-melting fraction of refined shea butter. Liquid to soft at room temperature, with none of the hardness.
- Hair oils and conditioners
- Lotions and serums
- Massage and body oils
- Soap
- Baby and sensitive care
- Specialty fats
About shea olein
Shea olein is left when refined shea butter is fractionated by controlled crystallisation. It is richer in oleic acid and lower in stearic acid than whole butter. Whyte Leafe Group fractionates refined shea in Ghana and supplies olein alongside shea stearin, so both fractions are specified, tested and documented together.
- Product
- Shea olein (liquid fraction of shea butter)
- Source
- Fractionated refined shea butter, Ghana origin
- Physical state
- Clear to slightly hazy yellow liquid or semi-solid
- Order sizes
- Pallet trials to full container
- Export
- FOB Tema, CIF / CIP to destination port
02 / Processing
Refined, then split in two.
Done by Whyte Leafe Group in Ghana, to a specification agreed with you. Every batch tested before release.
Crude shea
Qualified on FFA, PV and moisture
Refine
Gums and free fatty acids out
Bleach
Adsorbent earth. No chlorine.
Deodorise
Steam under vacuum
Fractionate
Split into stearin and olein
Shea, warm and pourable.
03 / Specification
Typical parameters.
Screening ranges only. Iodine value, cloud behaviour and fatty-acid targets are agreed against your application.
Cosmetic and soap grade
Core offerEmollient oil for skin, hair and soap.
Food and specialty-fat grade
On qualificationOnly where facility, contaminant testing and destination regulation support the food use.
04 / Ordering
Specification to shipment.
Trial lot to full container. Every lot tested, documented and traceable.
Specification
Grade, limits, packing, Incoterm
Sample
Representative sample with COA
Contract
Signed spec and claims window
Batch release
Tested to your spec, samples retained
Ship
From Tema, one traceable lot code
- Drums or IBCs
- Flexitank by agreement
- TDS
- Batch COA
- SDS
- Process statement
- Certificate of origin
- Traceability record
- SGS or Intertek on request
- Iodine value
- Fatty acid profile
- FFA
- Peroxide value
- Cloud point
- Oxidative stability
05 / Questions
Shea Olein: buyer questions.
What is shea olein?
Shea olein is the liquid, lower-melting fraction of shea butter, separated from shea stearin by controlled crystallisation. It is richer in oleic acid, so it is liquid or soft at room temperature and is used as a light emollient oil.
What is the difference between shea olein and shea butter?
Whole shea butter is a soft solid that melts around body temperature. Shea olein is the fraction with more oleic acid and less stearic acid, so it melts lower and pours. Its iodine value is higher than whole butter.
Do you supply shea olein and shea stearin together?
Yes. Fractionation always produces both, and we plan supply as a portfolio so each buyer gets the fraction they need on dependable terms.
Crude to refined to fractionated
The Whyte Leafe shea range.
Request specifications or discuss supply requirements.
We respond to qualified procurement enquiries within one working day.
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