Organic Wild-Harvested Shea Butter 40 grams - Akamuti

Shea butter is like creamy "food" for the skin, making it smooth and naturally moisturized. Akamuti's shea butter is organic, wild-harvested, unrefined, unbleached, and fairly traded.

A body butter suitable for all ages

Shea butter is a rich butter full of vitamins. It provides the skin with plenty of moisture and suits all skin types, even very dry skin. It is suitable for all ages, from babies to adults.

Ideal for dry and problematic skin

Shea is ideal for chafed, red skin or hard and dry skin. The butter is excellent for dry elbows, heels, and even lips. It is also beneficial for sunburn, itchy skin, insect bites, eczema, and red baby bottoms.

The rich shea butter also works excellently as a body butter or massage balm, leaving the skin soft and supple. Thanks to its versatility, it is a valued product for daily skincare, all year round. If you have psoriasis, it is recommended to do a patch test in the crook of your arm first to see if you tolerate it. Shea butter stimulates cell renewal.

Solid butter

Shea butter is a solid butter and becomes harder during the winter months, so it is best stored at room temperature. If it is hard, soften it between your hands before applying it to the body. If you want a lighter, more liquid butter, you can mix it with a little organic oil such as coconut oil, argan oil, or almond oil.

Natural scent

The scent of the butter comes naturally; it has a special, light nutty aroma. No fragrance or anything else is added.

Where does shea butter come from?

Shea butter is the fat from the nuts of the wild shea tree Karite Nut Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa), which grows in semi-arid savannas in western and central Africa, where there is a wealth of local and traditional knowledge about how to produce and use shea butter.

The tree can live up to 300 years old. Almost all parts of the tree have some practical use. The locals themselves call the shea tree the "tree of life."

Flower clusters on the tree develop into fruit clusters, and the ripe fruits fall to the ground. Inside the outer shell is the fruit kernel (the shea nut). Traditionally, it is the women who collect the fruit and do the time-consuming work of extracting the fat from the nuts.

The process of making shea butter is long. First, the outer fruit flesh must be removed, then the nuts are boiled, then crushed, then sun-dried, and finally roasted and ground before becoming butter.

"The Woman's Gold"

Akamuti's shea butter comes from Ghana in West Africa and is produced by a women's cooperative. It uses harvesting and production techniques that have been used for many thousands of years. Shea butter is a valuable source of income for these people, and the fair trade price allows them to build better facilities for their communities and finance renewable energy projects. In communities where women otherwise have very limited opportunities to earn their own income, this is very important both for their own dignity and their status in society. For this reason, shea butter is often called: "The Woman's Gold."

Organic and Fair Trade Unrefined Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii).

Dark, dry, and cool.

40 gram serving size