solidity trade shea butter information

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Shea butterPartnership between SEKAF and Solidity Trade forexporting the production of unrefined shea butter of women’s cooperative from the village of Kasalgu

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SummaryIntroductionPresentation

Roles

Production Process

Quality Control ProcessPackaging




IntroductionSolidity Trade has partnered with SEKAF to export theproduction of unrefined shea butter from the SheaButter Village.

Solidity Trade and SEKAF will cooperate together toincrease the sales to generate activity and job creationfor the women of Kasalgu




Presentation

Solidity Trade has the mission to source West African Commodities andsecure the logistics to build a solid relationship with international buyers.Its purpose is to help local producers of West Africa to market and sell theraw materials while meeting the international requirements for quality.Solidity Trade is willing to contribute to the alleviation of poverty indeveloping regions of the world by establishing a system of trade thatallows women’s cooperatives in West African rural areas to gain access toforeign markets.

Sekaf Shea Butter Village has the purpose to boost the development in thenorthern region of Ghana by empowering women in cooperatives. It is anopportunity to create jobs by using their natural resources and transformthem, in this case shea nuts into unrefined organic shea butter





Roles

Solidity Trade will serve asthe sales platform and maincontact with clients all overthe world

Clients will be able to sendrequest for quotation,

order samples, purchaseunrefined shea butter inbulk and track their orderonline

SEKAF will be responsiblefor the production and thelogistics of the unrefinedshea butter

The client will be able tosee the whole process in

total transparency with athird party for the qualitycontrol





Production ProcessAll the processing steps are completed within 24h . We use abuilt-to-order system that allows us to deliver fresh unrefined sheabutter

Utensils used do not rust or produce any toxic or undesirablematerials that are dangerous to human health

The current volume of production is 500 – 750 MT annually,SEKAF and Solidity Trade are working together to increase thevolume and the productivity of the Shea Butter Village




Production ProcessStep 1 : WASHING SHEA NUTS

After Laboratory test to approve the quality of the Nuts (FFA target: 2% max), all nuts are

then washed and rinsed several times with clean hot water to get rid of possible surface

mold and possible oxidized oil emitted from bad nuts. (SeKaf’s own Innovation) .

Microorganism contamination isreduced by washing the nuts,

before shelling. Washing preventsmolds, yeast.




Production ProcessStep 2: DRYING SHEA NUTS

The washed and cleaned nuts are sun dried for two hours. This dehydrates the wet nuts

and exposes the bad ones from the lot. (SeKaf’s own Innovation)




Production ProcessStep 3: SHEA NUTS SELECTION

Only clean and good nuts are used for our unrefinedbutter

Nuts selection is an extremelyimportant quality indicator of ourshea butter




Production ProcessStep 4: NUT CRACKING/ CRUSHING

The selected nuts are then broken into smaller portionsby the electrically powered nutcracker and making themideal for the roaster.




Production ProcessStep 5: ROASTING CRUSHED NUTS

The crushed nuts are sent to the roaster immediatelyafter crushing and roasted for 30mins.




Production ProcessStep 6: MILLING ROASTED NUTS

The roasted shea nuts are allowed to cool down between10 and 30 minutes, before being milled in a milling machineinto a fine paste.




Production ProcessStep 7: COLD WATER MIXING

The warm paste from the mill is churned with fingers incold water to give smooth and uniform dough.





Mixing continues and small amount of cold water addedfrom time to time to Get a smoother texture.





This vigorous mixing breaks the emulsion, causing the fatto beak away from the cake




Production Process Step8: HOT WATER MIXING / KNEADING

When the fat begins to break away from the cake (this is indicated by the color of the

mixture- from chocolate to milk chocolate), hot water is added to the paste to melt the

fat and set it free from the cake. This important step facilitates the separation.

The amount of time betweencrushing and heating is critical toproduct quality. We follow thecrushing/grinding immediately withthe hot water extraction using astandard protocol





The final kneading or mixing is more vigorous and breaks the emulsioncompletely. The warm temperature is necessary to keep the fat half melted in the mixture and prepare it for the cold-water separation stage.





The kneading is slowed down completely, as the mixturebecomes soft and light.




Production ProcessStep 9: COLD WATER SEPARATION

Large amount of cold water is then poured on themixture and stirred continuously causing a grey, oily scumto rise.





As she continues to stir, more fat is washed and forced to floaton the cold water that separates it from the cake, which nowbegins to settle at the bottom of the rubber bowl.





Woman gathers fat from the surface of water.





The solid fat is scooped and sent for melting and boiling




Production Process Step10: BOILING/ DEHYDRATION/ PURIFICATION

Solid fat being scooped into a giant pot on fire




Production Process Step10: BOILING/ DEHYDRATION/ PURIFICATION

Boiling dehydrates the fat completely. It also clarifies theoil/butter as last cake residues are fried and settle underthe pot.




Production Process Step11: FILTRATION & SOLIDIFICATION

At SEKAF, we filter the warm liquid fat through amicrofilm into a plastic bowl. (SeKaf’s own Innovation)




The filtered liquid fat is allowed to cool down and solidify.





As the butter begins to show signs of solidification, awooden ladle is used to stir it into a smooth and uniformtexture.





Production Process Step12: PACKAGING & STANDARDIZATION

The butter is then inspected, weighed and sealed with an industrialvacuum sealer (One of SeKaf ’s own Innovations) . Shea butter thatdoes not meet Sekaf’s Quality control is sold in the local market.




The premium quality shea butter is packed for export





Shea butter put into airtight rubber bags. (SeKaf’s ownInnovation)





A standard 25kg Net weight Packaging.





Production ProcessStep 12: SHIPPING

Our Butter is a hot cake. We produce all your orders fromthe day of your confirmation and it delivered by truck from Tamale to Tema.




Quality Control ProcessWe use three level of quality control for our unrefined sheabutter to meet the requirements of the clients

The first level of control quality is done within the company byan internal control quality staff during the production process inTamale

The second level of control quality is done by the GhanaStandard Board and University of Development Studies Lab

The third level of control quality can be done by an internationalcontrol quality company such as SGS at the port of Tema




Quality Control ProcessThe Ghana Standard Board is making an analysis of our unrefinedshea butter and checks the 5 following properties :

1. Moisture Content

2. FFA3. Insoluble Impurities4. Iodine Value5. Relative Density

The analysis is sent directly on the Solidity Trade interface so theclients can download it as a pdf file and can check instantly theresults of the shea butter they order.




PackagingWe use 4 different types of packaging to send our unrefinedshea butter. We can pack according to your specifications. Here aretwo different charts where you can see how we can process yourorder.




FOR INQUIRIES ABOUT OUR UNREFINED SHEA

BUTTER, PLEASE GO ON WWW.SOLIDITYTRADE.COM

OR EMAIL : [email protected]


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