$17.76
Due to how soft this shea butter, it is not recommended to make whipped body butter in the hot months. Refrigerate in hot months.
Whipping this butter is not necessary, but it will also whip up beautifully for whipped body butters as long as you omit soft oils.
Nilotica Shea Nut Butter, commonly referred to as Muyao Butter, is extracted by mechanically pressing the seeds of a rarer subspecies of shea nut tree, Nilotica, native to East Africa. This variant of shea butter has not gone through any refining process, resulting in a virgin butter that carries a characteristic mild nutty aroma and pale-yellow appearance. It seems oily at first, however has a fast absorption rate.
Please Note: This product is solid at room temperature.
INCI: Butyrospermum parkii Butter (Vitellaria paradoxa Butter)
Usage rate: 1 to 100%
Country of Origin: Kenya
Extraction Method: Cold Pressed Virgin
Typical Shelf Life*: 2 - 3 Years Keep refrigerate in hot months
Saponification Value (mg KOH/g oil): 185 - 195
SAP Multiplier for NaOH: 0.135
SAP Multiplier for KOH: 0.19
A shea butter option for formulations that requires a much softer, lighter, and creamier semi-solid variety as opposed to the harder and waxier West African Shea Nut Butter offered widespread in the marketplace today. Nilotica butter is naturally high in two essential fatty acids, stearic and oleic acid, and has a rich content of Vitamins A and E.
Due to the unique fatty acid composition of bulk Nilotica (Muyao) Butter, with its naturally higher olein content compared to West African shea butter, it is often sought after by personal-care and cosmetic manufacturers for moisturizing topical products intended for mature skin, after-sun care applications, and dry or damaged hair.
