# Shea Butter, Traditional

> Traditionally processed shea butter from a women's cooperative in Ghana, organically produced and fair trade: creamy, softly spreadable at room temperature, and the most appealing shea we have known.

Price: 16.99 USD · in stock

## About
Scoop a little with a fingertip and it gives like soft butter, melting as it meets the skin. This is shea as it should be: creamy, softly spreadable at room temperature, a pleasure to use.Unrefined shea butter is often a disappointment: a short shelf life, an unpleasant aroma, a color running from grey to greenish to a sickly yellow. This one is different. It comes from a women's cooperative in Ghana, made using quality control processes developed by the shea expert Dr. Peter Lovett to greatly extend its shelf life. It is organically produced and fair trade, and as a traditionally processed butter it keeps its botanical riches, among them vitamin A compounds, allantoin, which is also found in aloe and comfrey, and catechins, the antioxidant flavonoids also found in green tea.DetailsTraditionally processed shea butter, GhanaOrganically produced, fair tradeSizes: 4 oz jar or 16 oz bail jarNo added antioxidantHow to useWarm a little between your palms and smooth it over skin, or melt it into your own balms and creams. With no added antioxidant, buy only what you will use within a year, and store it somewhere cool and dark. Allergy note: people with both a latex allergy and a nut allergy may react to shea butter.A jar of plain, good comfort; bring it home.